May 18, 2001

Bush Administration Evaluates GEAR UP and Seeks a Budget Cut

By JENNIFER YACHNIN

GEAR UP is stuck in neutral.

Supporters of the two-year-old program argue that it is the best of several government-led efforts to encourage young students from low-income families to prepare for college. But whether the Bush administration will warm to GEAR UP -- which was started and championed by President Bill Clinton -- is unclear. President Bush has requested just $227-million for the program in the 2002 fiscal year, a 23-percent decrease, and Education Department officials are

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