New Grants Greet New Students

For many high school students and some college students, there are new grants available to help you to pay for your education. The new grants were available July 1st.

Who Will Benefit From These New Grants?

High school students with rigorous course work in Math, Science and some languages are the recipients of these new grants to the tune of about $790 million dollars. 4.5 billion dollars will be made available for continued funding of these grants over the next 5 years.

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Senate Vote To Raise Student Loan Amount For Low Income

The U.S. Senate approved a bill on July 20, 2007 to boost student loans to low income students.  The increase will mean low income students will receive $5400 by the year 2011. They currently receive $4310.

The Senate is also considering another Bill that will make it easier to receive government backed student loans. The Bill is up for debate next week.

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