By: Jan Murphy
The state’s student aid agency is asking for a 12.8% increase in funding for the state college grant program in the 2022-23 state budget to maintain the maximum award at its historic high of $5,000.
The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency board of directors on Thursday approved requesting Gov. Tom Wolf to earmark in his budget proposal more than $350 million for the grant program. That is about $40 million more than the $310 million included in this year’s state budget.
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