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Senate advances Cesar Chavez scholarship bill after clarifying federal funding and allocation language
Summary
Senate Bill 40 would create a Cesar Chavez scholarship within UCOPE funded initially by federal grants; the Senate adopted an amendment changing an allocation phrase from "at least 10%" to "up to 10%" to avoid obligating state funds and moved the bill forward to third reading.
Senator James Evans described Senate Bill 40 as a companion to SB 39 that would create a Cesar Chavez scholarship within the state's UCOPE financial-aid program. "What Senate Bill 40 does is it creates the Cesar Chavez Scholarship within UCOPE," Evans said, explaining that the Bill relies on a U.S. Department of Education appropriation of $250,000 per…
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