Biden’s budget represents a stark departure from the Trump administration’s proposals. They called for major spending cuts for the Education Department, which Congress largely disregarded.
However, the package may disappoint some college affordability advocates who have pressed the White House to double the Pell Grant, which has significantly lost its purchasing power over time. The grant once offset about three-quarters of the cost of attending a public four-year college in the 1970s. Now it covers barely a third of expenses.
Doubling the grant would put the maximum award above $13,000 a year.
