
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, March 27, 1992                   TAG: 9203270130
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-10   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

HOUSE VOTES TO EXPAND COLLEGE AID

The House Thursday night overwhelmingly voted to expand federal college aid to middle-class families in an election-year attempt to make it easier to pay rising tuition costs.

The measure would make an additional 1.4 million students eligible for federal grants, increasing from 70,000 to 350,000 the number of eligible students whose families earn more than $40,000 a year. According to a Congressional Budget Office analysis, 1.1 million more students also would be eligible for subsidized loans, with the overwhelming number coming from families whose annual income exceeds $35,000.

Following a similar Senate vote last month, the 365-3 House vote shows Congress' intention to substantially increase the amount a family can earn and still be eligible for federal school aid.

The Bush administration has proposed focusing federal aid on the poor.

- The Washington Post

by CNB