Victor Valley College, Barstow Community College pledge to invest in entrepreneurship
Schools commit to supporting small businesses, local economies
By Charity Lindsey
Victor Valley College
Twelve junior colleges in the Inland Empire and desert region including Victor Valley College and Barstow Community College recently took a pledge to support local startups and entrepreneurs in their respective communities.
On Feb. 8, VVC Superintendent/President Dr. Daniel Walden and BCC Superintendent/President Dr. Eva Bagg both signed the Presidents for Entrepreneurship Pledge (PFEP) along with 10 other counterparts in the Inland Empire / Desert Region Consortium of community colleges (IEDRC). The signing event took place virtually, hosted by the partner organization, the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE).
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Lawmakers are attempting to expand the Cal Grant program, a student financial aid program in California.
Hundreds of thousands of additional California students, particularly older students, could become eligible for financial aid through a proposed overhaul to the state s grant program.
Two Democratic California assembly members Jose Medina of Riverside County and Kevin McCarty of Sacramento recently introduced a bill intended to simplify the Cal Grant program and expand eligibility to nearly 200,000 additional students.
“We really have been rationing access to this Cal Grant program for the past few years, and we created a very unique system here to slice and dice people out, and we should be focusing on bringing people in,” McCarty said Thursday during a roundtable discussion on the proposal. “This is really good, not just for students and helping them graduate with less debt, but really for helping our economy.”
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The California Student Aid Commission has just released data showing a steep decline from 2020 in student financial aid application completions, especially for high school students and undocumented students.
Applying for financial aid through the California Dream Act is imperative for San Diego area undocumented students because federal aid is not offered to them.
Here on KUSI to urge all students to apply for financial aid was California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley.
“For too many students, finances are the main barrier to achieving their college goals,” Oakley said. “While there are many types of financial aid available for California community college students, most financial aid is contingent on filing a FAFSA or California Dream Act Application. However, every year there is money left on the table because students simply don’t apply.”
California lawmakers have approved $600 stimulus payments that will be sent out to 5.7 million people. Author: Eric Escalante, Associated Press Published: 6:56 PM PST February 22, 2021 Updated: 3:49 PM PST February 23, 2021
SACRAMENTO, Calif The California Legislature approved $600 payments for about 5.7 million people Monday. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he will sign the legislation into law.
People with low to moderate incomes will be eligible to get the money. That includes people who claim the California earned income tax credit on their tax returns. In general, those people make $30,000 or less per year.
Immigrants who pay taxes using an individual taxpayer identification number and make $75,000 a year or less after deductions would also get the money.