A new start: US to pay tuition for thousands more incarcerated people
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The federal Pell Grant program, which provides tuition aid to the neediest undergraduates, is set to give 30,000 more incarcerated students financial aid each year. Earning a college education can be a difference-maker for those transitioning out of prison.
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Thousands more prisoners across the US will get free college paid for by the government
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A new start: US to pay tuition for thousands more incarcerated people
Thousands of prisoners throughout the United States get their college degrees behind bars, most of them paid for by the federal Pell Grant program, which offers the neediest undergraduates tuition
An expansion of federal student aid for the 2023-2024 academic year will cost taxpayers $130 million per year in grants to prisoners for higher education.
The federal Pell Grant program, which provides tuition aid to the neediest undergraduates, is set to give 30,000 more incarcerated students financial aid each year. Earning a college education can be a difference-maker for those transitioning out of prison.
The Pell Grant program is about to expand exponentially next month, giving about 30,000 prisoners the opportunity to earn financial aid to receive education each year.
The federal Pell Grant program, which offers the neediest undergraduates tuition aid, will give thousands more prisoners tuition aid as the program is set to expand next month.
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