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This Monday, Congress passed a bipartisan budget deal to restore the summer Pell Grant, part of the larger federal Pell Grant financial aid program, which was originally repealed in 2011.

The Trump administration may bring back the summer Pell Grant program, which provided low-income students with funding for summer classes until it was cut in 2011 under the Obama administration.

The University of California Student Association will be holding a conference from Aug. 11 to 17 in order to appoint executive officers and committee chairs, as well as to choose a new UCSA undergraduate campaign.

After a report released by state auditors in March criticized the University of California for an admissions policy that allegedly disadvantaged in-state students, the university spent $158,000 in a publicity campaign to counter the claims, as first reported by the Sacramento Bee.

The UC Student Association Board of Directors met over the weekend to discuss the drafting of an open letter about concerns with the UC sexual violence task force and review its quarterly meeting with UC President Janet Napolitano.

On Monday, a universitywide group of black student organizations denounced the University of California’s investment in private corrections companies, calling for divestment and investment strategy reforms.

A Facebook page for a UC Berkeley White Student Union was created Saturday, which caused campus community members to voice their concerns, especially on social media.

The UC Student Association planned for its upcoming campaigns and heard a presentation on state and UC budgets at its monthly meeting this weekend in Riverside.

The ASUC senate passed a resolution Wednesday in support of the UCSA proposal to restructure the organization’s funding method, making the ASUC the first student government in the system to officially support the change.