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New – Key Congressional leaders have agreed to reinstate Pell grants for incarcerated students as part of a deal on a package of higher ed policies expected to be included in year-end omnibus spending bill, per aides:
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2020/12/congress-reaches-deal-on-restoring-pell-grants-for-incarcerated-students-2024654
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2020/12/congress-reaches-deal-on-restoring-pell-grants-for-incarcerated-students-2024654
Deal would lift longtime ban on Pell for incarcerated students that Congress imposed in '94 crime law signed by Bill Clinton & championed by then-Sen. Biden.
House approved bill w/ provision eliminating ban on Pell for prisoners over the summer.
House approved bill w/ provision eliminating ban on Pell for prisoners over the summer.
Broad coalition has backed the effort -- incl. NAACP, ACLU, FreedomWorks, business groups, faith-based orgs, prosecutors, corrections officials.
. @BetsyDeVosED expanded & championed the Obama-era Second Chance Pell pilot program--and has called for Congress to make it permanent
. @BetsyDeVosED expanded & championed the Obama-era Second Chance Pell pilot program--and has called for Congress to make it permanent
MORE higher ed policies expected in omnibus, per aides:
Simplifying FAFSA & aid formula
$1.3B in forgiveness of fed loans owed by HBCUs
Removing 150% limit on in-school interest subsidy on some loans
Restoring Pell eligibility for students defrauded by their college
Simplifying FAFSA & aid formula $1.3B in forgiveness of fed loans owed by HBCUs Removing 150% limit on in-school interest subsidy on some loans Restoring Pell eligibility for students defrauded by their college
