UW System Regents Approve Asking Lawmakers for More Financial Aid for Students
Sunday, June 12th, 2016 -- 8:19 AM
(AP) -The University of Wisconsin System regents have agreed to ask lawmakers to give Wisconsin students another $12.7 million in financial aid over the next biennium.The Board of Regents voted unanimously Thursday during a meeting at UW-Milwaukee to ask the state Higher Educational Aids Board to include the extra money for the Wisconsin Grant-UW program in its 2017-19 budget request to Gov. Scott Walker.
System officials say state funding for the program has stood at $58.3 million since 2010-11 even though about 6,400 additional students have become eligible between 2008-09 and 2014-15, resulting in smaller individual grants. The additional money would raise the average award back to the 2009-10 level of $2,161. Regent Gerald Whitburn called the increase overdue.
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