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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Students attending four-year public universities and colleges in Kansas may see cuts in their financial aid due to a legislative action on a program that governs school grants.
Kansas Board of Regents spokeswoman Breeze Richardson said the grants go to the students, not the institutions themselves. Grants are only available to students who are Kansas residents and attend four-year institutions in the state.
The clause added to Gov. Sam Brownback's request to the Comprehensive Grant program would only leave $2.4 million for students attending public institutions, the Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/1BPPSci ) reported. The clause says that private independent colleges should not receive less than 75 percent or about $13 million of all need-based grants funded by Kansas.
The Senate Ways and Means Committee initially added $2 million to the governor's request for funding and the Board of Regents added the clause. The committee later removed the additional $2 million, but the clause remained.
The grant program was started in 1998, and funds traditionally have been split evenly between public and private institutions in Kansas.
Republican Sen. Vicki Schmidt made a motion Wednesday to restore the even allocation of funds, but the amendment failed on a vote of 15-23.
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