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Cal Grants for AB-540 Students
  1. Signatures
    76 out of 500
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    1. The CA State House (+ 1 other)
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      • The CA State House
      • State Rep. Felipe Fuentes (CA-039)
  2. Created By
    Mario Lopez
    Berkeley, CA
About this Petition Petition Letter

 

Dear Partners, Students & Allies:

Undocumented AB-540 students need your help!  The California Dream Act (SB 1460) was amended in the Assembly Appropriations Committee leaving Cal Grants OUT of the bill.
Tuesday August 31st is the last day of this years legislative session and Cal Grants can and must be restored to the Dream Act by Monday August 30th. Let’s make SB 1460 truly meaningful to all AB 540 students.

Please call Appropriations Committee Chairman Felipe Fuentes today and ask him to restore Cal Grants to the Dream Act.  It was his committee that took out Cal Grants and he has the power to help restore them. You must call today, tomorrow is to late.

CALL FELIPE FUENTES AT: (916) 319-2039 and ask him to restore Cal Grants to the DREAM Act.

Short Script:

"Hi, my name is _____________. I would like Chairman Fuentes to restore Cal Grants into the CA DREAM Act. Thank you."

In Solidarity,

 

Recent Signatures

Restore Cal Grants to the CA DREAM Act SB 1460

Greetings,

There are at least 65,000 undocumented students who graduate each year from High School. At least 25,000 of those are from our State of California. Undocumented AB-540 students have attended public universities and colleges within the state since 2001 contributing to our State economy each time they pay their college tuition out of their own pocket. They invest into the institutional fund which provides scholarships to students at each respective campus yet they are unable to access their own contributions because of their status. It is time to allow these students the opportunity to achieve a higher education by providing them with the necessary resources and that is via Cal Grants.

The purpose of the Cal Grant is to assist underrepresented low-income and minority students to go on to get a college education. We need to treat each California college student equally regardless of his or her immigration status. By eliminating the Cal Grant from the California DREAM Act SB 1460 it establishes a two-tier system among students between those that can go to college and those can't. Higher education should not be a luxury or a limited option. Restore the Cal Grants to the CA DREAM Act SB1460.

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