May 19, 2000

Opening the Budget Bidding, Congressional Panels Offer Big Raises for Student Aid

By STEPHEN BURD

Appropriations panels in the House of Representatives and the Senate approved bills last week that would provide generous increases for key student-aid programs for the neediest students in the 2001 fiscal year.

Under a House subcommittee's bill, the maximum Pell Grant would grow by $200,

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