Democratic Win for College Students
Bush signs College Cost Reduction Act
“Childrens do learn” & other good news from the government
President Bush rolled over and signed the College Cost Reduction Act on September 27, 2007 despite an earlier veto threat.
According to Michael Roston of the Huffington Post, the bill “cuts interest rates on government-backed student loans, and increases the amount of money available under the federal Pell Grant.”
In his official remarks, Bush had good and bad things to say about the bill:
One of the best ways to make higher education affordable is through Pell Grants. Pell Grants make it possible for people from all walks of life to afford a college education. Pell Grants send an important message to students in need: If you work hard, and you stay in school, and you make the right choices, the federal government is going to stand with you. That’s what a Pell Grant says.
These are important steps. This bill does, however, create new and duplicative programs that divert resources from the Pell Grants. This bill makes some spending commitments that aren’t paid for yet, and I look forward to working with the Congress to ensure Pell Grant increases that are not fully funded in this bill are paid for with offsets in other areas. And we’re going to continue working with Congress to make sure the Pell Grants stay strong.
House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-CA) said of the bill, it “shows how the Congress and the President can work together.”
In related news, according to Reuters,
Offering a grammar lesson guaranteed to make any English teacher cringe, President George W. Bush told a group of New York school kids on Wednesday: “Childrens do learn.”
Bush made his latest grammatical slip-up at a made-for-TV event where he urged Congress to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act, the centerpiece of his education policy, as he touted a new national report card on improved test scores.
“Childrens do learn”
If the president really wants to help students, he should stop speaking and sign more Democratic bills.
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