Pell Grant May Grow by $100 Next Year

An appropriations panel of the U.S. House of Representatives voted last week to raise the maximum Pell Grant next year by $100, to $4,150, but provide no increase for the National Institutes of Health.

The plan would restore funds for several education programs that President Bush had proposed eliminating in his budget for the 2007 fiscal year, which starts on October 1.

Among the programs that would be spared are Upward Bound and Talent Search, two of the TRIO

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