It was the first bill aimed at reforming the college admission process to reach Governor Gavin Newsom's desk since news of the scandal broke.
While it's common knowledge that knowing people connected to a school can boost an application, universities and colleges in California now have to disclose if they give preferential treatment to those applicants.
"We must strive for a level playing field in the college admissions process, so there can be equal opportunity for all," Ting said in a statement on Friday."We should know how prevalent donor and alumni-based preferential treatment is in California so we can compare that to the amount of state-funded benefits, like Cal Grants, flowing toward the school."
His legal team submitted a motion to obtain documents from the school related to students who applied to admission around the time a parent donated, seemingly trying to show how money influences admissions.
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