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Education Policy Researchers Push For Financial Aid Policies That Help Working-poor Students

by Michelle J. Nealy , November 6, 2007

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McSwain, the report’s lead author, says government officials can support working-poor adults and youth by providing tax relief. Making the Hope and Lifetime Learning education tax credits available and federal, state, and institutional aid fully tax-free would benefit many low-income students, she says.

Increasing the exempted amount that independent students can earn under federal need analysis and allowing for higher earnings among dependent students, without reducing aid, would also be helpful, suggests McSwain.

--Michelle J. Nealy

 

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