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Inmates again eligible for Pell Grants

Feb 02, 2021
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From the Texas Standard — Prison inmates are eligible once again for federal Pell Grants to pursue higher education while incarcerated. For over 25 years, they were banned from the program as a result of rules enacted during the tough-on-crime era of the 1990s. But Congress reinstated eligibility for inmates after pilot programs under the Obama and Trump administrations proved successful.

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