Governor Schwarzenegger’s revised 2008-09 state budget proposal, announced yesterday May 14, would unfortunately still eliminate all new Competitive Cal Grants. These grants provide needed funds that help high-achieving, low-income students cover a range of college costs.

Cutting this program would hit community college students hardest, eliminating 45 percent of all new Cal Grants for community college students. Community college students make up 73 percent of those who will be hurt by this cut.

The media and legislators need to hear how this unfair and unwise cut would affect the lives and academic goals of you and your fellow students.

Please contact your representatives in Sacramento, and urge them to save the Competitive Cal Grant.

Read an excellent Los Angeles Times article with a powerful story from a community college student, and please call us at 510-559-9509 or email me at LSzabo-Kubitz@ticas.org if you have a story you would like to share with the press.

Learn more about the cuts from our issue brief, “Proposed Cal Grant Cuts Would Hit Community College Students Hardest.”

Laura Szabo-Kubitz

Policy Associate

The Institute for College Access & Success

2054 University Avenue, Suite 500

Berkeley, CA 94704

510-559-9509