Share: Pasadena City College’s Associated Students are departing on an annual visit to Washington, D.C. to lobby Congress on behalf of the student body. The trip takes place from March 17 to 22, with a focus on making the Pell Grant, which covers tuition for low-income students, larger and tax-free. “The people that receive the Pell Grant need all the money that they get from it,” said Vice President of Executive Affairs Madalyn Lauterbach. “In order to benefit from it to the max, basically, they ...
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