Received: (news@localhost) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.6.8/940311.01ccg) id NAA24729 for nifl-esl@novel.nifl.gov; Tue, 28 Nov 1995 13:25:39 -0500 Path: literacy.nifl.gov!nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov From: Fran Keenan <fran@cal.org> Newsgroups: nifl.esl Subject: Pell update Date: 28 Nov 1995 13:25:38 -0500 Organization: National Institute for Literacy Lines: 23 Sender: listproc@literacy.nifl.gov Distribution: nifl Message-ID: <s0bb0dc5.001@cal.org> Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Apparently-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Status: RO X-Status: To update information that appeared earlier on this list ... The Republican Welfare Reform legislation (now ready for White House action) no longer contains provisions barring legal immigrants from receiving Pell grants. Immigants receive about 10% of those grants now.The prospect of those students no longer being eligible for those funds led colleges and universities (especially in California, Florida, and New York) to lobby against the restriction. The bill does require that immigrants have a US citizen co-sign their student loans (another form of Federal student aid.) Non-immigrant students do not need to get co-signers for their loans. (The Welfare Reform legislation does bar legal immigrants from receiving most other Federal aid including food stamps and Medicaid.) Fran Keenan National Clearinghouse for ESL LIteracy Education (NCLE) fran@cal.org
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