Brown said in a statement:
“Going to college is a dream that promises intellectual excitement and creative thinking. The Dream Act benefits us all by giving top students a chance to improve their lives and the lives of all of us.”
The Los Angeles Times reports that the California Dream Act will allow illegal immigrants who are accepted into state universities to receive Cal-Grant assistance starting in 2013. The Cal-Grant assistance program provided an average of $4,500 to more than 370,000 low income students last year.
Governor Brown’s office said in a statement:
“The overall Cal Grant program is funded at $1.4 billion, meaning that 1% of all Cal Grant funds will be potentially impacted by AB 131 when the law goes into effect.”
The Wall Street Journal notes that the controversial bill that a federal Dream Act failed to pass congress last year. The Federal Dream Act would have given undocumented students “a path to short-term permanent residency status.”
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