Under a newly proposed budget plan by California Governor Jerry Brown, many students would be left with little or no Cal Grant aid. In Brown’s revised budget plan, known as the May Revise, about 37 percent of students who plan to apply to a University of California (UC) or California State University (CSU) in the fall of 2013 will be affected. “Student eligibility toward Cal Grants would be based on Pell Grant eligibility,” said Executive Director of the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) Diana Fuentes-Michel. The revision proposes that Cal Grants, which has provided over $1.6 billion in aid to students, be connected to Pell Grants. This would make the amount that a student qualifies for in Cal Grants about the same in Pell Grants.
http://www.theaggie.org/2012/05/31/proposed-budget-plan-takes-a-toll-on-cal-grants/
