July 30, 2009

Senate Panel Approves Spending Bill With Increases for Student Aid

By Austin Wright

Washington

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday afternoon approved a $163.1-billion spending bill for the 2010 fiscal year that would raise government funds for the Pell Grant program and the National Institutes of Health above this year's levels, but hold spending on several other programs of interest to higher education at 2009 levels. Those include the TRIO and Gear Up programs, which prepare low-income students for college. In addition, the Perkins Loan program would receive no

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