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"Uncertainty surrounds U.S. education budget," U-Wire.com, 11/2/2002
Congress has recessed for elections, but the 2003-04 national education budget has not yet been approved. And that's what upsets Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., the senior Democrat on the House Education and Workforce Committee. "They are asking schools to be held accountable for results, while at the same time, they shirked their responsibility to cast a vote on an education budget because they didn't want voters to know that they might vote to cut financial aid and education spending," Miller said in a news release. Miller said parents should know what to expect of financial aid next year. His news release cited a College Board survey that said tuition increased 9.6 percent in 2002 and that the average student-loan debt has nearly doubled during the past seven years. But an additional College Board survey found that financial aid has increased more than 10 percent during the past year and 117 percent during the past 10 years. Pell Grants, which do not have to be paid back to the government, increased 23 percent. [...]
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