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Committee holds public hearing on adding Selma University to state student grant program
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The House Ways and Means Education Committee held a public hearing on House Bill 525 to consider adding Selma University to the Alabama Student Grant Program; ACHE staff said federal Title IV approval will be required before any state grant funds could flow to the university's students.
The House Ways and Means Education Committee held a public hearing on House Bill 525, a proposal to add Selma University to the Alabama Student Grant Program administered by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE).
Representative Drummond carried the bill in the absence of Representative Chestnut and described the measure as adding Selma University, a historically Black institution in Selma, to the list of approved independent Alabama institutions eligible for the grant program.
Paul Hankins, president of the Alabama Association of Independent Colleges and Universities,…
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