2017 California Code
Government Code - GOV
TITLE 19 - The Every Kid Counts (EKC) Act
Section 99101.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Children who have even small savings accounts for college are seven times more likely to attend and graduate from college.
(b) College enrollment among low-income students has risen but significantly lags behind the enrollment of middle- and high-income students. In 2012, about 51 percent of recent low-income high school graduates and equivalency holders were enrolled in college, while enrollment among middle- and high-income students had risen to nearly 65 percent and 81 percent, respectively.
(c) Recent pilot programs in California and throughout the nation have proven that low-income people can save if they have incentives and mechanisms encouraging them to do so.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 23, Sec. 23. (SB 85) Effective June 27, 2017.)
