May 12, 2006
Education Dept. Announces Guidelines for New Student Grant Program
The U.S. Education Department laid out last week broad criteria for determining who is eligible to receive grants this fall through a federal program designed to help academically talented students from low-income families pay for college.
In a telephone briefing for reporters, department officials estimated that about 425,000 students would qualify for the new Academic Competitiveness Grants in the 2006-7 academic year.
Congress created the program as part of the $39-billion
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