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Many West Virginia college students will soon be losing their Pell grants or see them cut, after changes were made by congressional Republicans to the federal budget bill.
West Virginia has 35,000 students who depend on Pell â about 40 percent of all full-time college students in the state.
The cuts will mostly hit students from families that earn $35,000 to $40,000 a year.
Attempts were made to cut Pell grants last year, an effort by the White House.
The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission is analyzing students' financial information now, according to Dan Crockett, director of student and educational services.
About 100,000 students nationwide are expected to lose it entirely, with about 1.2 million students getting grants cut, but the current measure will kick hundreds of thousands of students off eligibility.
Sen. Jon Corzine, D-N.J. said "We need to expand opportunity in this country, not relegate it to only those who can afford it ... I call on the president to rescind the rule ..."
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