March 8, 2005

State can't track kids to give cash for college

Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Monday that a college grant of up to $500 promised to thousands of middle school students in 2000 and 2001 can't be awarded because state records don't show which students qualify. Granholm wants to eliminate the grant - which costs the state $9 million each year- in her budget-cutting plan. Granholm said Monday, "There were no letters sent out to the students who passed the MEAP test, therefore there was no tracking who those students were."

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