California Student Opportunity and Access Program.
Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission and assigns to it numerous duties with respect to student financial aid programs, including administration of the Student Opportunity and Access Program. Under this program, the commission may apportion funds for the support of projects designed to increase accessibility of postsecondary educational opportunities for certain elementary and secondary school pupils. Existing law requires each project to be proposed and operated through a consortium, as specified, and requires at least 30% or the equivalent of each project grant to be allocated for stipends to peer advisers and tutors meeting specified criteria.
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SB 737
California SB 737 (20212022)
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California Student Opportunity and Access Program.
California SB 737 (20212022) — California Student Opportunity and Access Program.
Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission and assigns to it numerous duties with respect to student financial aid programs, including administration of the Student Opportunity and Access Program. Under this program, the commission may apportion funds for the support of projects designed to increase accessibility of postsecondary educational opportunities for certain elementary and secondary school pupils. Existing law requires each project to be proposed and operated through a consortium, as specified, and requires at least 30% or the equivalent of each project grant to be allocated for stipends to peer advisers and tutors meeting specified criteria.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-03-03 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2021-03-05 Set for hearing March 24.
2021-03-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 604.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-06 Set for hearing April 19.
2021-04-20 April 19 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1202.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 7. Page 1234.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-05-28 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2021-06-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-07-07 July 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (August 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 3132.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 2622.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2021-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 575, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b8266721-c2b3-4aaa-8242-91ac308aacfe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).