November 2, 2007

Senate Votes to Block Upward Bound Evaluation

By KELLY FIELD

The U.S. Senate has voted to halt an evaluation of the Upward Bound program until Congress completes a reauthorization, or renewal, of the Higher Education Act, the law governing most federal student-aid programs. The Senate passed a reauthorization bill this past summer, but the House of Representatives has yet to introduce its version.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat of Ohio, called for a halt to such research through an amendment to an education spending bill for the 2008 fiscal

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