Cabrillo College faces cuts to two Hispanic grant programs

APTOS, Calif. (KION-TV) - Cabrillo College confirmed it will be one of the colleges losing funding for its Hispanic grant programs.

The Trump Administration is ending several grant programs reserved for colleges with large numbers of minority students.

The Aptos-based College confirms it's losing $3 million for two of its programs, Camino al Exito and Abriendo el Camino, under the cuts.

More than $250 million of the total $350 million being cut was budgeted for the government's Hispanic-serving institution program.

It offers grants to colleges and universities where at least a quarter of undergrads are Hispanic.

The Trump Administration claims the grants amount to illegal discrimination by tying federal money to racial quotas.