Higher ed funds cut in Senate’s stimulus bill

Source: statenews.com Posted By: J B..5546 days ago

The U.S. Senate’s economic stimulus package passed Tuesday is $18 billion larger than the U.S. House’s version, but contained billions of dollars fewer in student aid, infrastructure and other higher education funding.

The $838 billion Senate version includes cutting all $6 billion the House bill budgeted for education facilities, as well as $40 billion less in funding to states for K-12 and higher education.

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has called on the state’s publicly funded colleges....

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