Trump Administration Budget Eliminates Funding for Tribal College Scholarships

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April 1, 2019

By RYAN HEINSIUS | KNAU Arizona Public Radio

A federal grant program that provides college scholarships to Native American students could lose funding. KNAU’s Ryan Heinsius reports, for the second year in a row the Trump administration has proposed defunding it.

The program survived last year’s proposedcuts,but is again on the table this year. The administration’s fiscal year 2020 budget would slash nearly $40 million from tribal scholarship and education programs administered by the Bureau of Indian Education. Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt says the budget proposal supports tribal self-determination and improves education services in Indian Country.

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But Navajo officials say the federal Higher Education Grant is crucial for thousands of students to attend and graduate from college...

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