California students are being given financial assistance to attend historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
Earlier in October 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1400, which provides a one-time grant of up to $5,000 to community college students in California who transfer to HBCUs, according to EdSource. The bill — written by Assembly Majority Leader Isaac Bryan — was put into motion because there are no HBCUs in “The Golden State,” so students heading to HBCUs have to go out of state and may lose access to state aid. What’s more, the bill aims to “create a California-to-HBCU-to-California pipeline that would benefit not only our students, but the entire state,” the California Student Aid Commission stated according to the outlet.
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