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College students taking longer than six years to obtain their undergraduate degree would have their Pell grants cut off next school year under a $1 trillion budget bill passed Friday in the House.
Millions of students each year receive Pell grants, which are offered to low-income students and dont have to be paid back.
The bill keeps the maximum grant award at $5,550, but seeks to save $11 billion over the next decade in Pell dollars, in part, by reducing the maximum number of years the grant can be received from nine to six.
Its estimated that about 100,000 students would be affected by the change
Students in college for more than 6 years to potentially lose Pell grant - The Washington Post
Nine years to finish college?