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It remains unknown what would become of certain popular Department of Education programs, such as Pell grants to college students, if Trump goes ahead with the plan to disband the department.

However, increasing federal Pell Grants for low-income students has drawn bipartisan support.

Rep. Virginia Foxx, the North Carolina Republican who chaired the House committee that grilled university presidents this year on their campus efforts to combat antisemitism, has proposed doubling the Pell Grant for third- and fourth-year students on track to graduate.

Until recently, only around 10% of its students were eligible to receive Pell Grants, a typical measure of a university’s success in serving lower-income students.

Those low tuition costs and high earnings — along with his GI Bill benefits and a federal Pell Grant — will enable Roa to graduate debt free and transform the future of his family.