California Government Code

§ 99101

GOV § 99101 Effective Mar 13, 2018Title 19

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a)Children who have even small savings accounts for college are three times more likely to attend, and four times more likely to graduate from, college.

(b)College enrollment among low-income students has risen but significantly lags behind the enrollment of middle- and high-income students. In 2012, about 51 percent of recent low-income high school graduates and equivalency holders were enrolled in college, while enrollment among middle- and high-income students had risen to nearly 65 percent and 81 percent, respectively.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 7, Sec. 26. (AB 108) Effective March 13, 2018.