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President Carter has proposed an alternative--a program which would supplement existing federal financial aid programs for college students. The President's program includes increases in Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOG), Supplementary Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG), Work-Study programs and the Guaranteed Student Loan program...
...will veto the tax credit in favor of the College Opportunity Act, which expands existing Federal aid programs. The plan, similar to one Carter presented to Congress last fall, increases from $16,000 to $25,000 the maximum family income level for which the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) would be available, and boosts the maximum grant at each income level. The plan also adds more funds to the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG), which is distributed to students by individual colleges, and to the College Work Study Program, which provides federally-subsidized jobs for college students. Finally, the plan...
...range, as much as 37 per cent would go to those earning over that amount and only 13 per cent to families earning less. The Opportunity Act provides bigger grants to a more narrowly-defined group. Sixty-four per cent of the money added to the BEOG program would go to families with incomes of $15,000 to $25,000 with the rest going to families earning less...
...alternative plan provides for expansion of existing middle income tuition aid programs, including Basic Education Opportunity Grants (BEOG), Supplementary Education Opportunity Grants (SEOG), and College Work-Study Programs...
...course, has an interest in which bill passes and is lending its voice, along with those of other expensive schools, to support the student aid bill. Gibson says the increased funding for the SEOG program and the Guaranteed Student Loans are particularly helpful for students in such schools. The BEOG has a maximum grant and is not affected by the cost of the school the student attends, but the SEOG money goes directly to the schools to allocate as part of their financial aid program and is therefore sensitive to the costs of each school. Most students in higher-cost...