Arizona Democrats sent a letter to the Trump administration on Monday, asking it to reconsider its decision to revoke grants that help students prepare for college.
U.S. Sens. Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, both D-Arizona, as well as U.S. Reps. Greg Stanton, D-Tempe, and Yassamin Ansari, D-Phoenix, said they had “grave concern” about the Department of Education terminating the federal TRIO Upward Bound grants given to Tucson-based Pima Community College.
The lawmakers said the grants play a “vital role in supporting first-generation and low-income high school students in college readiness and completion.” Areas where students receive assistance include financial literacy and the college admission process.
The Democrats said the Department of Education alerted the community college in May that grants for its northwest and downtown campuses were being rescinded because of “alleged misalignment with the current administration’s policy priorities.”
According to the letter, the department canceled the grants a week before PCC was set to get its June disbursement of funds. The Democrats stated the community college did not receive prior notification from the DOE, and the agency did not explain how PCC’s funding usage conflicted with the administration’s goals.
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