Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Scholarships in jeopardy? - Audrey LaFave, Escanaba Daily Press

The state of Michigan is considering drastic cuts in funding for college scholarships, need-based grants and work-study programs, and officials at Bay College say the impact would not be pretty. The state Senate passed a bill last Tuesday that would eliminate funding for a state-sponsored college scholarship program. The higher education bill passed recently in a 19-17 Senate 0vote would eliminate money for the Michigan Promise scholarship as well as slash the budget for need-based grant programs for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1. But it keeps a placeholder for the Promise program in place in case lawmakers figure out a way to at least partially fund the scholarships.

post y.. karthik.. 15th july..

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