College Leaders Speak Up for Aid Program Facing Cut
“Christie’s proposed budget cuts 8.4 percent from the Educational Opportunity Fund. It will still receive nearly $40 million and a spokesman from the state’s treasury department points to increases in other financial aid programs.
The EOF program helps low-income students from academically underperforming school districts. It gives students a small monetary grant and also includes a freshman summer program and one-on-one work with advisers.”