Received: from cal.org (cal.org [204.240.146.10]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.6.8/940311.01ccg) with SMTP id NAA24680 for <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov>; Tue, 28 Nov 1995 13:24:03 -0500 Received: from CAL-Message_Server by cal.org with Novell_GroupWise; Tue, 28 Nov 1995 13:25:25 -0500 Message-Id: <s0bb0dc5.001@cal.org> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 14:28:50 -0500 From: Fran Keenan <fran@cal.org> To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Subject: Pell update 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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