Governor Brown Signs Bill to Make it 'Faster and Easier' for Native American Students to get into College

Sacramento, CA – More than one in three Native American kids live in poverty, and 22 percent ages 25 and older have not finished high school, the lowest of any racial/ethnic demographic group across all schools. Only 13 percent of Native Americans have completed a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared to 29 percent of the US population.

In response, Senator Mike McGuire has successfully advanced a bill that takes this issue head on and provides priority registration at California Community Colleges to Native American students who live in poverty and are enrolled in CalWORKS known as the Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (Tribal TANF for short).

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