Bush Administration Reduces College Grants

News and Opinion for Democrats Against Bush -- Part II

Bush Administration Reduces College Grants

The federal Education Department is pushing a process that could cause 84,000 students to lose their Pell grants entirely and hundreds of thousands of others to receive less federal aid.

Cincinnati Enquirer Friday, October 10, 2003

Students' college dreams in jeopardy

By Denise Smith Amos
The Cincinnati Enquirer

The complete article is currently (3/28/04) available on the Cincinnati Enquirer website at-- http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/10/10/loc_pellgrants10.html

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BOND HILL

... One avenue of aid - the federal Pell grant - may dry up for the Coopers and thousands of other families nationwide because of eligibility changes that begin in the 2004-2005 school year....

Officials changed eligibility by revising tax tables used to calculate how much tuition a family can afford to pay on its own. ...

The change could save $270 million. But it will eliminate 84,000 students from the Pell program - and will reduce Pell awards to another 1.5 million students ...

See the orignal article for much more detail, plus a state-by-state chart showing how the tax change reduces Pell grant eligibility.

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