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Should Students Who Don’t Graduate Pay Back Pell Grants?

U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman is co-sponsoring a bill that would force low-income students who don’t graduate from college in six years to repay their federal Pell Grants — with interest.

The South Carolina Republican has called the Pell for Performance Act, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 15, a “taxpayer-friendly” bill that would encourage students to graduate in a timely manner.

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