As income inequality has grown nationwide, leaving Hispanics and Blacks with seven to 10 times less the typical wealth of white families, California lawmakers are pushing toward higher education.One of those projects includes creating ScholarShare 529, a universal program to invest money into an account for every child born in the Golden State."We had just been working with California Department of Public Health to make sure that as children are being born, that information is being provided to ScholarShare 529 so that they start having these accounts set up," said Assembly Member Adrin NazarianWhile it's welcomed by many, there's still hope that more funding can help close inequity gaps."Sounds like a good idea but that's assuming that every child is starting from the same position in terms of their community and in terms of their quality of life," said Lorreen Pryor, with American Descendants of Slavery. Nazarian, who championed this initiative, says the California Kids Investment and Development Savings Program will begin at the end of this year. An eligibility date is still being determined. Meanwhile, the Kindergarten to College Savings Program is also set to expand in the Sacramento and Washington school districts. They're two out of more than a dozen school districts that are already part of the pilot program. The Stockton Unified School District's program is in development and currently nonoperational."Study after study shows that when children find out that someone has invested in their objective of going to college in the future, they are 33% more apt to apply and go to college," Nazarian said. Pryor hopes this is the beginning of fixing a long-existing problem."If you know that you have an achievement gap, what steps have you implemented to try to fix that?" Pryor said.ScholarShare was given $25 million for CalKIDS. Other programs, such as the school district children savings account programs, have different levels of funding. State leaders are hopeful that college savings can jumpstart for an estimated 450,000 California newborns annually.