Link to 2011 Federal Pell Grants Budget Request

Paying for College
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<p><a href=“http://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget11/justifications/p-pell.pdf[/url]”>http://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget11/justifications/p-pell.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Not much in the request - it’s just the standard “asking for the funding because we promised to pay.” I would absolutely argue the estimates for growth on page P-7, though — I think 11.61% growth is a low estimate for this year. If you believe that the recession is over & decent paying jobs will be plentiful by 2011-12, maybe 4.28% growth is realistic; I disagree. I think the growth will be higher than that. What this means is that funding projections are too low.</p>

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<p>It looks like the maximum Pell Grant for 2011-2012 increased.</p>

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<p>The Pell grant will only increase once the funding for next year has actually been approved. This year, Pell grant funding was finalized in the spring, then the feds updated the schedule later (after schools had started packaging aid).</p>