1. Office of Postsecondary Education, US Department of Education – When I was in undergrad, I was partly relied on Federal Pell Grants to help fund my tuition fees. This regulation change won’t affect me directly, but my sister-in-law is a freshman in college and she receives this type of grant.
2. The proposed regulation forbids a student from receiving two successive Pell Grants in a single award year
3. My comment is that in the recent years, many people have lost their jobs and still to this day have not found work. Most of those people have college-aged kids; and with their savings liquidated to live, many of them cannot support their children’s college costs. There are student loans but with interest rates rising and not enough jobs opening for recent graduates, it’s not ideal to burden the future of America with debt. Americans must remain competitive with other industrialized nations with their graduates, and most of those foreign graduates migrate here and compete with our own American educated graduates. It is to everyone’s benefit that our country supports our children’s education. As they progress, we all progress.
I wish to them repeal this proposed regulation.
4. This expires on Jun 18, 2012.
5. a. After I have submitted my comment, if the rule passes, I, or any of the public community, can access the data or analysis on why the rule passes since it will be public information. If I don’t think that the reasons of why the regulation passed, then I may bring it up for judicial review. I may challenge this regulation legally if I believe that this law is inappropriate.
b. Firstly and most importantly, this proposed regulation discriminates against low-income families. Low-income families are those who are in need of these Federal Pell Grants. Secondly, this regulation could be seen as racist, since most low-income families are minorities especially