High school kids travel to class in Stockton, Calif. in 2022. In San Francisco, over 30,000 low-income high school seniors in the San Francisco Unified School District have yet to claim the money in their automatic college savings accounts as of June 24, 2025. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News)

OVER 30,000 LOW-INCOME high school seniors in the San Francisco Unified School District have yet to claim the money in their automatic college savings accounts.  

The program Kindergarten to College, or K2C, sets up a universal savings account with an initial deposit of $50 for every public school student in San Francisco, regardless of income. Meanwhile, the California Kids Investment and Development Savings Program (CalKIDS) allocates between $500 and $1,500 for eligible low-income students upon graduation. 

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