‘Middle Class Scholarship’ Passes California Assembly but Funding Unclear
Legislation to provide nearly a billion dollars in middle-class
college and university scholarships passed the Assembly on
Wednesday, but lawmakers have not yet taken up a companion bill
to provide funding. The funding measure, Assembly Bill 1500, is
fiercely opposed by most Republicans, branded a tax hike by
business opponents, and faces far tougher sledding getting the
required two-thirds super-majority vote in the Legislature.
Middle-class scholarships will not be provided unless both bills
pass the Legislature and are signed into law.