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Private universities in California can no longer consider legacy and donor preferences in the admissions process following a bill that was signed into law Monday. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed Assembly Bill 1780 which prohibits legacy admissions or those from family members of major donors at private and nonprofit institutions. 

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More and more states are souring on legacy preferences, which often give wealthier applicants a leg up in college admissions.

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By Carlos Castañeda Click here for updates on this story     SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) —  Private universities in California can no longer consider legacy and donor preferences in the admissions process following a bill that was signed into law Monday. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed Assembly Bill 1780 which prohibits legacy admissions or those from family members of major donors at private and nonprofit institutions. AB 1780, authored by Assembly…

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a law Monday banning legacy admissions at all colleges in the state, including private ones.   The law says public and private nonprofit institutions will not be allowed to consider legacy status or donor relationships in their application processes.  “In California, everyone should be able to get ahead through…

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California to ban legacy admissions: In elite US colleges and universities, children or relatives of top-shot politicians, celebrities, rich donors and alumni could get admission just on the basis of who they were born into. Slowly, that's changing, with California becoming the fifth state to ban the so-called 'legacy admissions.'

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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that makes California the latest state to ban legacy and donor admissions in higher education, including at Stanford and USC.

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California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Monday that prohibits private, nonprofit colleges from factoring in a student’s connections to alumni or donors in their admissions process.
The legislation will go into effect on Sept. 1, 2025, making California the fifth state in the nation to ban legacy admissions, and the second, following Maryland, to extend this ban to private colleges. Colorado, Illinois, and Virginia have banned legacy admi…

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California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning legacy and donor preferences in admissions for private colleges and universities.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law banning legacy preferences at private universities, joining a budding movement to end a longstanding practice giving the children of alumni and donors a leg up in the college admissions process.

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