Bay City News Service -- Gov. Jerry Brown announced Saturday that he signed the California Dream Act, a controversial bill that would allow undocumented students to receive public financial aid for higher education.
The bill, AB 131, is the second of two bills that make up the California Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, or DREAM, Act.
In July, Brown signed AB 130, a bill allowing undocumented students to receive private scholarships.
"Going to college is a dream that promises intellectual excitement and creative thinking," Brown said in a statement this morning. "The Dream Act benefits us all by giving top students a chance to improve their lives and the lives of all of us."
Effective Jan. 1, 2013, undocumented students attending public higher educational institutions who qualify for the exemption from non-resident tuition will be eligible to receive financial aid at the state's public colleges and universities.
Currently, undocumented students cannot receive state or federal financial aid.
According to the Immigration Policy Center, although some 65,000 undocumented students graduate from high school, only 5 to 10 percent continue onto college, with .
The bill enables those students to become eligible to receive institutional financial aid at schools in the UC or California State University systems, have community college fees waived and to receive Cal Grants, which do not have to be repaid.
However, undocumented students would only become eligible for Cal Grants once all resident students have received such an award.
Analysis of the bill by the Assembly noted that the demand for the aid -- which can provide up to $12,192 a year to pay for college expenses at qualifying California academic institutions or trade schools -- far exceeds the amount of funding typically provided, making it unlikely that undocumented students would be considered.
The California Department of Finance estimates that 2,500 students, at a cost to the state of $14.5 million, will qualify for Cal Grants thanks to AB 131. This represents 1 percent of Cal Grant's total $1.4 billion funding, according to the governor's office.
Both assembly bills were authored by Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles.
Unless it is extremely unskilled labor, they want a qualified work force, good schools, and an area low in crime. Hmmm..... and you don't think that illegal aliens have anything to do with the lack of skilled labor and the rotten schools? Crime is everyone; but people unwilling to learn English and low skilled individuals from third world countries don't attract high paying industries.
Newark used to be a very family oriented place to live and it still kinda is- just not like it used to be. Illegal aliens are often highly skilled in the jobs Americans don't want to do- they do the grunt work that keeps American businesses growing. Who here would LIKE to pick strawberries in the hot sun, perform landscaping duties on the street, bus tables, wash dishes, or clean up hotel rooms? Not me- nor would I want that for anyone I know.
Speaking of which, I owe Buddy Roemer some more money. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20118163-503544.html
Calling out scary minorities for getting tuition assistance for colleges is a great vote getter and business opportunity. Just ask Stephen Colbert about fearstock, his own fear based photo licensing service... http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/361456/october-07-2010/indecision-2010---revenge-of-the-fallen---fearstock-com
It's law but it doesn't take effect instantly. You have to read the legislation which may be difficult for someone like you with a double digit IQ. According to the report it doesn't take effect until January 2013. Therefore, a voter passed initiative in the Nov 2012 general will overturn this nonsense before it ever takes effect!
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/399019/october-10-2011/on-topic---political-parties---the-libertarian-party
Hey Tim Tea party, I thought you were moving to Irvine? How's that Dick Perry doing for you now?
When Christ says "follow me" he isn't talking about Twitter. :)