That means the money will have limited impact on financial-aid eligibility under federal student-aid programs.
To help with the math, colleges and universities participating in federal student-aid programs are now required to have a net-price calculator on their websites.
More than a million more federal financial-aid applications were filed during the beginning of 2009 than in the beginning of 2008, with a 16.3% increase among dependent students.
America has a grand tradition of national planning, from Thomas Jefferson's vision for roads and canals in 1808, which influenced policy for the next century (and led to America's first transcontinental railway) to Dwight Eisenhower's Federal Highway-Aid Act of 1956, which created the interstate system.
He steadily worked toward his goal of reforming the student financial system and played a valuable role in nearly every major federal student-aid program in our nation's history, from Pell Grants in 1972 to the Academic Competitiveness and SMART Grants for high-achieving low-income students in 2006.
In the wake of that controversy, the former president said he chose the New York neighborhood of Harlem because he wanted to be part of the federal empowerment zone -- which provides federal aid for an economically depressed area -- he helped to create.
"As a former protectee of Secret Service agents, I see no problem with the principle that they -- like all federal agents -- can be called upon to aid federal criminal investigations, " Quayle said.
Drastically cutting federal aid could--at least in the short term--dash many kids' college plans.
Apparently one of the ways that Wyoming makes its no income tax system work is by receiving more federal aid per-capita than most other states.
Families applying for federal grants or subsidized loans must complete the 128-question, Free Application for Federal Student Aid form.
If a student will apply for need-based aid, consider federal aid rules before setting up a 529 as well.
And they argue states need to prepare for rising health-care costs and cuts in federal aid.
Additional federal aid would be directed to low-income seniors and those with complicated health problems.
WSJ: Choice of Paul Ryan Means Medicare Could Be Hotly Debated in Campaign
By allowing for swift and orderly bankruptcy proceedings (as opposed to a drawn-out liquidation), the federal aid to Detroit averted the loss of 1.14 million jobs in 2009, and another 314, 400 in 2010, the study found.
FORBES: How Taxpayers Win Even If GM Doesn't Pay Them Back In Full
On at least two occasions last summer, the Bonneville Power Administration - the federal agency responsible for marketing power from dams in the Pacific Northwest - used water meant to aid migrating juvenile salmon to supply California with hydroelctricity.
Legislation was passed a few years ago that changed the treatment of student-owned 529 and ESA assets for federal financial aid purposes.
FORBES: Bad College Advice - Don't Save in Your Child's Name
Over the past three decades the Federal Government has poured three-quarters of a trillion dollars into financial aid for college students.
Doubling the subsidized rate could also have discouraged students from seeking federal aid or pushed many toward cheaper public institutions or two-year community colleges, said Ronald Ehrenberg, director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute and a professor of labor relations and economics.
Block grants -- states, not the federal government, will decide how to dispense aid using limited federal funds.
She would have no time to negotiate the pan-European federal discipline that she has always demanded as the price for German aid.
Grants to replace personal property and help meet medical, dental, funeral, transportation and other serious disaster-related needs not covered by insurance or other federal, state and charitable aid programs.
FORBES: For Superstorm Sandy Victims, Can FEMA Pay The Rent?
Most federal loans now carry interest rates of 6.8% or 7.9%, versus a rate of 2.875% on federal Stafford loans in May 2005, said Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of the financial-aid website FinAid.org.
WSJ: Third of Student-Loan Debt Belongs to Subprime Borrowers
The state education commissioner threatened Friday to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in federal aid unless New York City showed it was prepared to put a new teacher-evaluation system in place, ratcheting up pressure on the city a day after a deal on new evaluations fell apart.
For more information on these federal student aid programs, please go to www.studentaid.ed.gov, or call 1-800-4FED-AID.
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of New Jersey and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe storms and straight-line winds on June 30, 2012.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs New Jersey Disaster Declaration
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Maryland and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe storms and straight-line winds during the period of June 29 to July 8, 2012.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs Maryland Disaster Declaration
Congress also may make cuts in the Pell grant, the most popular federal college grant, says Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of FinAid.org, which tracks financial aid and student-loan debt.
Mike Lee, R-Utah, sought to amend the final package Monday with a provision to cut federal programs across the board by one-half of 1 percent through 2021 as a way to prevent the disaster aid from swelling the U.S. debt.
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Washington and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by a severe storm, straight-line winds, and flooding on July 20, 2012.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs Washington Disaster Declaration
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Alaska and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by a severe storm, straight-line winds, flooding, and landslides during the period of September 15-30, 2012.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs Alaska Disaster Declaration
应用推荐