I had the opportunity to here that of the 32 billion of being spent on this, nearly 1 billion of that will be going to an individual that should not receive it. What you have instituted at the Community College to discourage and present waste fraud and abuse, could you expand upon that and could we reauthorize the student education act . Yes, one of the was and it permitted daily attendance process and we tide that process so that if a student is but a circle time right now, before that money will the process goes over to check to see that student has in fact started attending the class that the aid is going to be paying for. If they have not had an attendance record, the Financial Aid does not go through so we have closed the loophole between students eligible for class. And the students are fully aware of that . Yes, they are. And every semester him as you might imagine, we do have a faculty that does not record attendance and a student comes in wanting to know where their money is.
Also require students have taken azt in s. A. T. And have met scores. Such a policy would focus on the student most likely to succeed and give them an incentive to better prepare for college. She further encourage students to graduate, it should be linked to enrollment intensity. Students receive the maximum should expect to take 15 credit hours, not 12. This could be coupled with the well concept that it faces the words on a 12 month schedule rather than the academic year. Facesrrent program serious challenges that we can meet them with better data, financial planning, and soon accountability. Thank you. I think the first two witnesses for being so good about being on time. , i recognize you for five minutes. Thank you. I have three basic messages. The first is trend lightly. Balancedd is pursue a to any longterm funding gap in the third is to attempt the institutional aid in terms of college affordability. I am a maximum pell grant recipients. One of many Success Stories out there. T
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