the budget simply requests fiscal year 2017 level funding for the Perkins Basic State Grant program.

Your budget proposal would make college less affordable for students in my State, Wisconsin, and across the country.

the budget proposal does not back that up.

you would like to work with Congress to expand Pell Grants to short-term programs with 'appropriate guardrails.'

This would eliminate in the State of Wisconsin roughly $461 million in aid for Wisconsin students.

your proposed budget fails to significantly invest in these programs.

That is a policy change that I have been seeking to make for some time, recognizing the need for sometimes shorter-term programs.

These programs work.

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