Kennedy Offers Education Budget Amendment To Assist Millions Of Students

Kennedy, Colleagues Offer Education Budget Amendment To Assist Millions Of Students And Strengthen Global Competitiveness

March 14th, 2006 @ 12:08 pm

Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, joined by Senators Susan Collins and Robert Menendez introduced an amendment to the Budget Resolution that seeks to increase spending on education programs that are slashed in the Bush Administration’s budget proposal.

Kennedy’s amendment, which he succeeded in passing in the Senate last year but was stripped in conference, would secure funding for the Pell grant increasing it from $4,050 to $4,500 as well as securing resources to restore Bush eliminations of TRIO, GEAR UP, LEAP, and Perkins loans. The amendment would provide a further increase for funding for all student aid programs, including SEOG, work-study, and graduate education.

Senator Kennedy said, “Today, more than ever, meeting the new and dynamic challenges of our own time demands that we rely heavily on education as a major strategy to advance America in the years ahead. With this budget, we have a choice. We can invest in the education programs that will help nourish the talents of every individual in the country and equip them to compete in the 21st century. Or we can pay lip-service to the need to keep America competitive, while allowing this budget to slash the very programs that will get us there.”


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