Virtual Capitol Briefing: 2021 CA Budget Investments on Financial Aid and Education Data

On December 16 at 10am PT, California Competes Executive Director Dr. Su Jin Gatlin Jez participated in a panel discussion for legislative staffers and discussed California's new and historic investments in state need-based financial aid and statewide educational data. The conversation focused on:
- the California Community College Expanded Entitlement Cal Grant,
- enhanced Cal Grant access award for former foster youth to help cover non-tuition college costs,
- efforts to ensure all high school seniors receive support in filing financial aid applications,
- the development of the California Cradle-to-Career data system, and
- funding for the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) to gather data on workforce outcomes at for-profit colleges in California.
Representatives from partner organizations who were part of the conversation included:
- California EDGE Coalition
- California State Assembly
- California State Senate
- California Student Aid Commission
- John Burton Advocates for Youth
- The Education Trust - West
- Student Senate for California Community Colleges
- TICAS
- uAspire
- West Ed
- The Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE)