Starting this school year, school districts must provide information about CalKIDS, the California Kids Investment and Development Savings program, which creates college savings accounts and deposits between $500 and $1,500 for eligible students, according to a fiscal report by School Services of California.
The new requirement to inform students and families about the interest-bearing accounts was a provision added for the program in the recently enacted state budget, the fiscal report said.
The requirement should raise much-needed awareness about the program among families…