Over one-third of all students attending school at North Central Missouri College receive federal help through the Pell Grant program, which got a ringing endorsement from U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt during a visit to the NCMC campus on Tuesday afternoon.
Sen. Blunt met in Cross Hall with students, school officials and members of the public to tout the program, which provides funds for need-qualified students to attend college.
As part of the FY2018 government funding bill approved by Congress and signed into law in March, Blunt, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Department of Education, was able to secure a provision that increased the maximum Pell Grant award to $6,095. That represented a $175 increase over the previous maximum award.
In Missouri, approximately 130,000 students will be getting Pell Grant help this year, including 20,000 who will be able to stay enrolled in school year-round. The year-round provision was reinstated as part of the FY2017 spending bill after having been suspended during President Barak Obama’s administration.
Blunt said that students attending any community college in Missouri and receiving the maximum Pell Grant award can go to school “at very little cost.” He noted that the grant would pay the entire cost of tuition, fees and books “with a little bit of money left over.”
“That money won’t help pay for a place to live, but it certainly does make it easier knowing that your tuition, books and fees are paid for,” he said.
Two NCMC students – Katelyn Galloway and Jamee Scarce – talked about how the Pell Grant has allowed them to continue their education “debt free. A third student, Larissa Leversage, told how the grant has allowed her to continue in the licensed practical nursing program, which requires students to take classes in the summer.
NCMC Director of Financial Aid Kimberly Meeker also discussed how the Pell program has benefited students at NCMC, including 40 percent who will receive funds to attend summer school this year.
In addition to the increase in Pell Grant monies, the FY18 government funding bill also included increases of $60 million for the TRIO program, which helps low-income and first generation students get into and complete college (a program available through NCMC); $75 million for career and technical education state grants that support programs at the high school and post-secondary level; $140 million for federal work study funds allocated to colleges to make need-based awards to students through part-time employment; $107 million for Supplemental Education Opportunity grants to colleges and universitie that make need-based grants for up to $4,000 per student; and $35 million for the Child Care Access Means Parents in School program, which supports campus-based child care programs for students with children. The bill also addressed issues in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, including for teachers and first responders, to cover borrowers who would otherwise be eligible for loan forgiveness but were enrolled in an ineligible repayment program.
At the end of the visit, NCMC President Dr. Lenny Klaver presented Sen. Blunt with a proclamation, designating May 1 as “Sen. Blunt Day” on the NCMC campus.
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Sen. Blunt met in Cross Hall with students, school officials and members of the public to tout the program, which provides funds for need-qualified students to attend college.
As part of the FY2018 government funding bill approved by Congress and signed into law in March, Blunt, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Department of Education, was able to secure a provision that increased the maximum Pell Grant award to $6,095. That represented a $175 increase over the previous maximum award.
In Missouri, approximately 130,000 students will be getting Pell Grant help this year, including 20,000 who will be able to stay enrolled in school year-round. The year-round provision was reinstated as part of the FY2017 spending bill after having been suspended during President Barak Obama’s administration.
Blunt said that students attending any community college in Missouri and receiving the maximum Pell Grant award can go to school “at very little cost.” He noted that the grant would pay the entire cost of tuition, fees and books “with a little bit of money left over.”
“That money won’t help pay for a place to live, but it certainly does make it easier knowing that your tuition, books and fees are paid for,” he said.
Two NCMC students – Katelyn Galloway and Jamee Scarce – talked about how the Pell Grant has allowed them to continue their education “debt free. A third student, Larissa Leversage, told how the grant has allowed her to continue in the licensed practical nursing program, which requires students to take classes in the summer.
NCMC Director of Financial Aid Kimberly Meeker also discussed how the Pell program has benefited students at NCMC, including 40 percent who will receive funds to attend summer school this year.
In addition to the increase in Pell Grant monies, the FY18 government funding bill also included increases of $60 million for the TRIO program, which helps low-income and first generation students get into and complete college (a program available through NCMC); $75 million for career and technical education state grants that support programs at the high school and post-secondary level; $140 million for federal work study funds allocated to colleges to make need-based awards to students through part-time employment; $107 million for Supplemental Education Opportunity grants to colleges and universitie that make need-based grants for up to $4,000 per student; and $35 million for the Child Care Access Means Parents in School program, which supports campus-based child care programs for students with children. The bill also addressed issues in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, including for teachers and first responders, to cover borrowers who would otherwise be eligible for loan forgiveness but were enrolled in an ineligible repayment program.
At the end of the visit, NCMC President Dr. Lenny Klaver presented Sen. Blunt with a proclamation, designating May 1 as “Sen. Blunt Day” on the NCMC campus.
[/caption]Over one-third of all students attending school at North Central Missouri College receive federal help through the Pell Grant program, which got a ringing endorsement from U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt during a visit to the NCMC campus on Tuesday afternoon.
Sen. Blunt met in Cross Hall with students, school officials and members of the public to tout the program, which provides funds for need-qualified students to attend college.
As part of the FY2018 government funding bill approved by Congress and signed into law in March, Blunt, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Department of Education, was able to secure a provision that increased the maximum Pell Grant award to $6,095. That represented a $175 increase over the previous maximum award.
In Missouri, approximately 130,000 students will be getting Pell Grant help this year, including 20,000 who will be able to stay enrolled in school year-round. The year-round provision was reinstated as part of the FY2017 spending bill after having been suspended during President Barak Obama’s administration.
Blunt said that students attending any community college in Missouri and receiving the maximum Pell Grant award can go to school “at very little cost.” He noted that the grant would pay the entire cost of tuition, fees and books “with a little bit of money left over.”
“That money won’t help pay for a place to live, but it certainly does make it easier knowing that your tuition, books and fees are paid for,” he said.
Two NCMC students – Katelyn Galloway and Jamee Scarce – talked about how the Pell Grant has allowed them to continue their education “debt free. A third student, Larissa Leversage, told how the grant has allowed her to continue in the licensed practical nursing program, which requires students to take classes in the summer.
NCMC Director of Financial Aid Kimberly Meeker also discussed how the Pell program has benefited students at NCMC, including 40 percent who will receive funds to attend summer school this year.
In addition to the increase in Pell Grant monies, the FY18 government funding bill also included increases of $60 million for the TRIO program, which helps low-income and first generation students get into and complete college (a program available through NCMC); $75 million for career and technical education state grants that support programs at the high school and post-secondary level; $140 million for federal work study funds allocated to colleges to make need-based awards to students through part-time employment; $107 million for Supplemental Education Opportunity grants to colleges and universitie that make need-based grants for up to $4,000 per student; and $35 million for the Child Care Access Means Parents in School program, which supports campus-based child care programs for students with children. The bill also addressed issues in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, including for teachers and first responders, to cover borrowers who would otherwise be eligible for loan forgiveness but were enrolled in an ineligible repayment program.
At the end of the visit, NCMC President Dr. Lenny Klaver presented Sen. Blunt with a proclamation, designating May 1 as “Sen. Blunt Day” on the NCMC campus.