President Bush wished the students of the nation a very Merry Christmas as he pulled $300 million from education funding this week.
The Washington Post (registration required, see BugMeNot) ran an article yesterday entitled Change Means Fewer Students Will Be Eligible for Pell Grants which details how the Bush Administration is pulling back $300 million in funding from the federal Pell Grant program. This program makes it possible for hundreds of thousands of low-income students to earn an education every year. Without it, a large portion of those students would never have the chance to go to College and earn a real education.
The change will take Pell Grants away from an estimated 80,000 to 90,000 students. Bush Administration officials said, however, that it will save the government at least $300 million in the 2005-2006 academic year.
Way to go, President Bush! Deal with the declining economy by pulling $300 million from education. As a student and staff member at a State College, I know, work, and deal with many of the students who will be affected by just such a change.
This is why I’m involved in the College Democrats. This is why I voted for John Kerry.
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