A House subcommittee on Thursday blocked a Senate effort to provide low-income college students federal Pell grants to take classes throughout the year and instead approved an appropriations bill that would cut $1.3 billion out of the program.
The vote in the House Appropriations subcommittee arrives a month after its Senate counterpart passed bipartisan legislation that authorized full-time students who qualify for Pell to receive the grants three semesters a year instead of two. Proponents say the expansion would help students afford to take a full load of courses year-round, earn a degree faster and avoid taking on a lot of student debt.
Read more at The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/07/07/house-rejects-proposal-to-revive-year-round-pell-grants/