July 2024 Government & Community Relations Update

Legislation to Double Pell introduced in the US Senate, House


When US Senator Claiborne Pell (D-Rhode Island) championed the Federal Pell Grant Program in 1972, he envisioned a financial pathway for lower- and middle-income students to pursue their higher education goals. More than fifty years later, the Pell Grant has not kept up with inflation or the cost of tuition and the Pell Grant only meets a portion of a student’s demonstrated need.
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