House Republicans' Spending Bill for Remainder of 2011 Would Cut Pell Grant by 15 Percent
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have unveiled a spending bill for the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year that would slash $100-billion from the president’s budget request. The measure, which the House is expected to take up this week, would cut millions of dollars from federal support for research and student financial aid. The student-aid reductions would trim the maximum Pell Grant by 15 percent, or $845, from the $5,550 available to the neediest students now, and make 1.7 million students ineligible for Pell Grants, according to Mark Kantrowitz, who publishes FinAid, a Web site that gives financial-aid advice. If enacted, the reductions would be the largest cut in student-aid funds in the history of the Pell Grant program.
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by Kelly Field, The Chronicle of Higher Education.