SAVANNAH, Ga. - Military spouses were enthusiastic when the government started offering them grants last year of up to $6,000 for college or career training. Word spread quickly and they signed up by the tens of thousands. But the response was so heavy that it nearly busted the fledgling program's budget, prompting the Defense Department to suspend it abruptly last week.
The U.S. Department of Labor (the Department) announces the availability of up to $500 million in grant funds to be awarded under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grants program. The TAACCCT grants program provides eligible institutions of higher education, as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002), with funds to expand and improve their ability to deliver education and career training programs that can be completed in two years or less, and are suited for workers who are eligible for training under the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Workers Program (``TAA-eligible workers'') of the Trade Act of 1974 (as amended) 19 U.S.C. 2271-2323, as well as other adults. Eligible institutions may be located in...
HEPC's partners in the project include the Community and Technical College System of West Virginia, the West Virginia Department of Education, the school systems in the 10 target counties, Concord University, Glenville State College and Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, which will each house a regional coordinator for the project; and a number of other agencies and organizations.
Governor Christie's new budget challenges lawmakers to spend more on property tax relief, education aid and other "priorities" by cutting items he says have grown too expensive, including benefits for public workers. The governor, in an address to lawmakers at the State House on Tuesday, proposed a spending plan that would boost hospital aid, increase tuition grants for college students and cut business taxes, while also keeping aid to municipalities and public colleges and universities stable.
SPRINGFIELD - Many Illinois college students will remain without state help paying their tuition bills for the spring semester next year, even though lawmakers finalized a state budget last week. Grants through the Monetary Award Program are given to Illinois students based on their financial needs. The MAP program will operate as usual for the upcoming fall semester.
By PATRICK MARLEY Maple Bluff -- As many as 6,000 students from low-income families who graduate from high school in 2011 will be eligible for $1,500 college grants under the Wisconsin Covenant, Gov. Jim Doyle announced Friday.
The $77.4 billion President Barack Obama is proposing for education holds steady the maximum Pell Grant award for 9 million low-income college students and continues the Race to the Top competition to strengthen learning and turn around failing schools. It is a 20 percent increase from 2010 spending levels, much of which goes to the rapidly growing Pell Grant program, with the intention of moving toward Obama's goal of remaking the nation's education system.
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