July 6, 2007

Changes Debated for Upward Bound

By KELLY FIELD

Supporters of Upward Bound are divided over an amendment approved by a Congressional committee last month that would provide $30-million in additional money for the program, which supports projects that prepare low-income high-school students for college.

The amendment's sponsor, Rep. Robert C. Scott, a Democrat from Virginia, says the measure would restore funds for 80 Upward Bound programs that lost their grants this year, including 21 programs at historically black colleges and

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