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Senator Proposes Increasing College Grants

By PETER JACKSON (AP)

The Times Leader
Northeastern Pennsylvania's Newspaper

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

A key state senator is calling for an expansion of Pennsylvania's grants for college students and strict new limits on tuition increases at most colleges and universities that get state funding.
Senate Education Committee Chairman Jeffrey Piccola advocated an injection of $145 million into the grant program, which he said would help an additional 25,000 students.
His plan would offset the cost largely by eliminating tax breaks for the film industry.
The Dauphin County Republican also advocates requiring colleges and universities that get the most state funding to limit their annual tuition increases to the inflation rate.
Piccola cast his proposals as an alternative to Gov. Ed Rendell's more expansive plan to boost tuition aid by more than $500 million a year by legalizing and taxing video poker machines.



Senator Proposes Increasing College Grants