Wis. Technical College System runs out of grants
MILWAUKEE (AP) — An estimated 4,000 low-income technical college students may get less aid this fall because the state has run out of grant money for them.
The state Higher Educational Aids Board stopped giving Wisconsin Higher Education Grants to students in the Wisconsin Technical College System on Aug. 21.
Students applying after that date are being put on a wait list, but the agency’s executive secretary Connie Hutchison says it’s unlikely they will get grants.
Grants for technical college students usually run about $430 to $1,100 per year.
Last year, the money ran out in November, and about 2,700 technical college students were shut out. About 24,000 students received grants last year.
Wisconsin Higher Education Grants are still available for University of Wisconsin System students.
Aug 28, 2008 at 4:35 p.m.
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Well of course the UW system students still have funds. It's always been a fight between the UW and Technical Colleges and the UW will win since they're deemed 'more important'. Fortunately for Rock County our legislatures are pro-techincal college. But they can't do it on their own. Students, Parents, and voters need to contact their lawmakers and press the issue.....TECHNICAL COLLEGES matter and their students need funding just as much as UW students; may be even more since the majority of techincal college students are raising families....retraining, etc.
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