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Dream Act Timeline
January 1, 2012AB 130 private scholarships become available at public colleges and universities.
Check with your institution's financial aid office ASAP about application information.
2012-13 California Dream Act Application becomes available for AB 131 Institutional grants and community college fee waivers payable starting January 2013.
See your institution's financial aid office ASAP about application information.
AB 131 Institutional grants and community college fee waivers become available.
January 1 - March 2,2013
2013-14 California Dream Act Application becomes available for Dream Act Cal Grants to be used beginning in fall 2013.
California Dream Act Application Apply Now!
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California Dream Act Day CollegeWeek Live Video Event
More than 2,000 high school and college educators, students, parents and community members
participated in California Dream Act Day. View and download the presentations here!
California Dream Act of 2011
The California Dream Act of 2011, authored by Assembly Member Gil Cedillo (Los Angeles), became law through the passage of two Assembly Bills, AB 130 and AB 131.
AB 130 allows students who meet AB 540 criteria (California Education Code 68130.5(a)) to apply for and receive non-state funded scholarships for public colleges and universities.
AB 131 allows students who meet AB 540 criteria to apply for and receive state-funded financial aid such as institutional grants, community college fee waivers, Cal Grant and Chafee Grant.
For more information about the types of financial aid Dream Act students can access, please see our PowerPoint or FAQs.
California Dream Act (Acta Del Sueño) Video Interviews on UNIVISION
