New legislation proposes Cal Grants ban for universities that consider legacy admissions

A California assemblymember is taking another crack at restricting state funding for universities that use legacy admissions, a practice of giving preferential treatment to relatives of alumni or donors. 

Assembly Bill 1780 would prohibit Cal Grants from being given to universities that use the practice but would not ban it. The state’s public universities, the University of California and California State University, do not consider legacy status in admissions, but private universities such as Stanford University and Santa Clara University do consider such relationships, though not as a sole criteria.