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Congresswoman introduces Pell Grant Restoration Act

The Pell Grant Restoration Act has been introduced by 5th District Congresswoman Jahana Hayes.  She says the measure supports students defrauded by for-profit colleges by restoring their Pell eligibility.  Hayes added that Congress should be working to help students, not trapping them with a degree that has no value and no means to pay for an actual education. 

In Connecticut, there are more than 1,000 students that have been defrauded by predatory colleges and could qualify for Pell Grant restoration.  Under existing federal law, all students are entitled to 12 semesters of Pell Grant eligibility.  Students deceived into attending for-profit colleges, who used Pell Grants to do so, now find themselves in the position of trying to attain an actual education without Pell Grant assistance.

As a Pell Grant recipient herself, Hayes says she know just how vital a lifeline it can be in helping students on their path towards a degree.  But she says some students are stuck with mounds of debt and no means to acquire the education necessary to secure gainful employment.

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