Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

MAKING COLLEGE AND JOB TRAINING AFFORDABLE

The "Education Reconciliation Act" that Congressman Jim Clyburn Helped Write and President Obama signed into law in March 2010.

Making Education Affordable

-Increases Pell Grant Scholarships to $5,550 in 2010 up to $5,975 by 2017.

-Makes Student Loans Easier to Pay Off.

Helping Students Stay in School

-Boosts funding for Community and Technical Colleges and invests $75 million in South Carolina's Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Investing in Community Colleges

-Invests $2 billion in a competitive grant program for community colleges to develop and improve educational or career training programs.

Saves Students, Parents, and Taxpayers' Money

-Takes the middleman out of the student loan program and lowers students monthly payments and terms.

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