California already bans legacy admissions in public schools. The new law will prohibit private schools from considering legacy or donor preference when admitting new students. The practice includes giving students who are related to alumni or donors preferential treatment.
鈥淗ard work, good grades and a well-rounded background should earn you a spot in the incoming class 鈥� not the size of the check your family can write or who you鈥檙e related to,鈥� said Assembly member Phil Ting, who authored the bill.
The new law also requires private schools to self-report data on future legacy admissions, which the state Department of Justice will post to its website.
If private colleges don鈥檛 comply, they could lose state funding through the Cal Grant program.
of both Stanford and USC鈥檚 freshman class in 2022 were legacy admissions, according to state data.
The law will go into effect September 2025.
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