Funding College Education

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Author: pjr0788

Started: September 5, 2008, 1:34:00 pm

Target: U.S. Government

Category: Education

Supporters:

Goal:

100,000

Goal Progress:

Status

Active

Are you a student in College or a parent of a student wondering how you are going to pay for college?
Are you paying college with student loans because you do you not qualify for free government money for school?

This petition is an effort to increase funding per student for free government money for school and to regulate the requirements that qualify students for these funds.

Do you have a similar situation? Do your parents make "too much money" for you to qualify for college funds?

Well let’s not panic just yet; of course we have other options!

You could have been a perfectly dedicated and mature student throughout your high school years and graduated with a decent or above decent grade point average. Should that be the case, you can apply for (in the state of Florida) Bright Futures Scholarship, or other scholarships.

For all others

We can take out a private student loan with incurring interest from the day the funds are disbursed. No worries about the insurmountable debt you will have by the time you graduate. The piece of paper you earned, depending on your major, can make you at least 40k a year.

The other option of course. Our parents can take out a student loan for us. This option is a bit more thoughtful. They will hold off on the interest until after you graduate. Now, keep in mind your parents have to qualify. They also have to be willing to risk their credit and increase their debt to income ratio which may disqualify them for a car loan or even a mortgage somewhere down the line.

Now, if your one of the lucky ones that qualify just cross your fingers that you qualify for enough to pay for the cost of your education and not just lunch money.

2008 is a year for change. Both presidential candidates agree.

Sign the petition that will allow our hard earned tax-dollars to educate and invest in the future of our country.

My proposition:

Allow ALL high school graduates to apply and qualify for free government money up to the cost of their education at a community college or public university.

Students enrolled and receiving aid must maintain a 2.5 GPA or higher in order to continue receiving aid.

Students who do not pass a course are responsible for paying for any other attempts to pass that course and will not be granted any more funds until they show proof of completion of that course.

We pay plenty of taxes already. This proposition is more then possible. It is just a matter of allocating the appropriate funds to the causes we will most benefit from long-term as a country.

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Added by pjr0788 @ September 5, 2008, 3:22 pm
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This program is designed for family's who make fewer than eighty thousand dollars a year (combined) and can show proof of liabilities which make them unable to afford the cost of a college education for their children.

Students must also be enrolled in either a full or part time schedule and pursuing a degree.