"Some federal and state prisoners could soon be eligible for federal student aid to take college courses while behind bars. The aid would come in the form of Pell grants, which are for low-income...
========== THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT IS TRYING OUT A PILOT
PROGRAM THAT WOULD GIVE INMATESACCESS TO PROGRAMS. TELEGRAMS
ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP PEOPLE PAYFOR COLLEGE, AND IT IS LIMITED
TO A VERY SMALL AMOUNT,ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE
HIGH COSTS OF COLLEGE. WITHTHESE GRANTS, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO
PAY IT BACK, AND IT DOES HELP TOMAKE COLLEGE MORE AFFORDABLE.
EVEN THOUGH THE EDUCATIONDEPARTMENT HAS NOT BEEN SPECIFIC
ABOUT WHAT TYPES OF INMATES ORPROGRAMS WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS,
IT DOES SEEM A GOOD IDEA,ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK THAT
IT WOULD LOWER THE - RATES.CONGRESS PASSED LEGISLATION IN1994 BANNING
INMATES FROM THIS
PROGRAM. INMATES ARE NOTSUPPOSED TO GET MONEY FROM
COLLEGE, BUT THERE IS A LOOPHOLETHAT SAYS THIS IS A PILOT
PROGRAM, SO WE WILL SEE IF THISWORKS. AT FIRST I HAD A...
