Bill would spend more to make college affordable

Source: Yahoo News Posted By: Brandy R...5393 days ago

President Barack Obama's plan to dramatically increase college student aid took its first step Wednesday on what could be a rocky path through Congress.

A key lawmaker proposed a bill to boost Pell Grant scholarships for low-income students by linking them to inflation for the first time since the program began.

House Education Committee chairman George Miller's legislation would pay for the expansion by eliminating a massive program of subsidies for private college loans — an idea that is....

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