The Designation of California Black-Serving Institutions Grant Program.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about how grants will be distributed or criteria for determining underserved status, leaving these points as unknowns.

Designation of California Black-Serving Institutions Grant Program

This law establishes a grant program to provide academic support and student services to underserved students at designated California institutions, with $75 million allocated from the General Fund.

What This Bill Does

• Establishes the Designation of California Black-Serving Institutions Grant Program as a competitive grant program for providing academic resources and student support services to underserved students.
• Requires the governing board to approve or deny grant applications from eligible institutions.
• Designates the California State University Statewide Central Office for the Advancement of Black Excellence as the managing entity responsible for developing application processes, processing applications, and submitting annual reports.
• Allocates $75 million from the General Fund to support grants awarded under this program.

Who It Names or Affects

• California State University campuses
• Community college districts in California
• Underserved students at these institutions

Terms To Know

Designation of California Black-Serving Institutions Grant Program

A competitive grant program to provide academic resources and student support services for underserved students, including Black and African American students.

Managing entity

The organization responsible for administering the grant program, including developing application processes and processing applications.

Limits and Unknowns

• It is unclear how grants will be distributed among eligible institutions.
• Criteria to determine which students are considered underserved are not specified in the bill.

Official Summary Text

AB 335, as amended, Gipson.
The Designation of California Black-Serving Institutions Grant Program.
Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and independent institutions of higher education, as defined, as 4 segments of postsecondary education in the state.
Existing law establishes the Designation of California Black-Serving Institutions to recognize campuses of these segments that excel at providing academic resources to Black and African American students. Existing law establishes a governing board to approve or deny initial and renewal applications to receive this designation. Existing law designates the California State
University Statewide Central Office for the Advancement of Black Excellence as the managing entity and requires it to act as a neutral administrative body tasked with, among other duties, developing the application processes and processing and presenting applications to the governing board.
This bill would establish the Designation of California Black-Serving Institutions Grant Program as a competitive grant program to
provide academic support to underserved Black and African American students and other underserved students.
develop and implement new, or expand existing, academic resources and student support services for underserved students, including, but not limited to, Black and African American students.
The bill would require the governing board to approve or deny grant
applications. The bill would designate the California State University Statewide Central Office for the Advancement of Black Excellence as the managing entity for the grant program and would require it to act as a neutral administrative body tasked with, among other duties, developing the grant application
processes
form and a process for grant applicants to apply for grants,
and processing and presenting grant applications to the governing
board.
board, as specified.
The bill would require the managing entity to submit an annual report to the Department of Finance, the Governor, and the Legislature on the grant program, as specified.
This bill would establish the Designation of California Black-Serving Institutions Grant Program Fund in the State Treasury, and would require
the managing entity, upon appropriation by the Legislature,
all moneys in the fund to be continuously appropriated to
the managing entity
to
award
allocate to grant applicants awarded
grants pursuant to the provisions described above. The bill would appropriate $75,000,000 from the General Fund to the Designation of California Black-Serving Institutions Grant Program Fund for purposes of awarding grants to California State University campuses and community college districts that apply for grants, as specified.

Current Bill Text

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