The California Dream Act, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Saturday, could require $14.5 million a year in state grants to illegal immigrants to help them pay for college.
The California Department of Finance estimates 2,500 additional students at public universities and community colleges will qualify for Cal-Grants as a result of the Dream Act, The Times' Patrick McGreevy reports on PolitiCal.
Brown downplayed the cost of the grants, saying they potentially would affect only about 1% of the $1.4 billion in annual Cal-Grant funding.
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