The Cal Grant Program establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards, the Cal Grant C award, and the Cal Grant T award under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. As part of these eligibility requirements, existing law requires the commission to require that a grade point average be submitted to it electronically for all grade 12 pupils at public schools, including charter schools, each academic year, except as specified.
California AB 1091 (20152016) — Student financial aid: Cal Grant Program.
The Cal Grant Program establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards, the Cal Grant C award, and the Cal Grant T award under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. As part of these eligibility requirements, existing law requires the commission to require that a grade point average be submitted to it electronically for all grade 12 pupils at public schools, including charter schools, each academic year, except as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1091 GARCIA, E. Assembly Third Reading — 77–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 12–1 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Eduardo Garcia — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2015-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2015-04-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-04-30 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-04 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2015-05-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2015-05-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-06-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 1874.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-06-18 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2015-08-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2458.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-09-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2015-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2015-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 637, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1219118b-7d8e-4556-98a2-b08b800e1283. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).