Homeless high school seniors would receive guaranteed basic income under proposed bill

by Mark Allen Cu, Bay City News February 12, 2023February 10, 2023

"We must stop graduating 15,000 high school students into homelessness each year," said state Sen. Dave Cortese, whose Senate Bill 333 would provide guaranteed income to help homeless high school seniors. (Freepik)

A state senator from San Jose has introduced legislation that would create a guaranteed income for homeless high school seniors.

Senate Bill 333, authored by Sen. Dave Cortese, D-San Jose, would establish Success, Opportunity and Academic Resilience (SOAR), a guaranteed income pilot program that would offer a fund to all 12^th grade unhoused students who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence.

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