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"Overall, more than 80 percent come from low-income families; more than 60 percent are minorities. Some 84 percent come from families in which no one has ever graduated from college, Fayette officials say."

"Joshua is benefiting from a new wave of extracurricular activities at East Silver Spring: free programs that aim to expose the low-income, mostly-minority students to cultures, skills and instruction not previously available to them inside or outside the classroom."

"He also pledged to use any revenues the state collects - beyond what is expected in the budget - to fund Cal Grants, which awards grants - some of up to $9,700 a year - to help middle- and low-income students pay for college."

"Obviously, business interests have a stake in an educated workforce, and it is going to take everyone pulling together to put a dent in problems of chronically low-achieving schools that tend to serve high-poverty and minority students"

"The new school board opposes mandatory year-round schools because they can make it difficult for families to plan vacations. The old school board opposed mandatory high-poverty schools because they result in academic genocide."

"One- and two-person apartments for low-income seniors who require personal care, medication management and other services."

"..[T]he Board of Education denied proposals from three major charter organizations that had sought to run newly built neighborhood schools, which would have included... special education students, foster children and low-income families."

"0 Number of competitive Cal Grants that Mr. Schwarzenegger proposes awarding to low- and moderate-income undergraduates in the future. In 2008-9, community college students received 73 percent of the 25,367 new competitive grants."

"Authorities filed felony charges last week against Thelma Johnson of Spencer. Johnson allegedly made 65 claims to a state program that reimburses some rent costs for low-income elderly and disabled Iowans, according to court documents..."

"Densely packed with triple-deckers, Central Falls calls itself 'a city with a bright future,' but the poverty rate has consistently been high and the budget low."

"Under Bassi's plan, low-income seniors 65 and older still could ride public buses and trains for free, but more-affluent seniors would pay half fare. Anyone making less than $27,610 a year -- or a couple making $36,635 -- would continue to ride for free."

"A large majority of recipients are low-income elderly and disabled people and families living beneath the federal poverty line, which is $22,050 for a family of four. But households with incomes up to 150 percent or even double the poverty line are eligible in many states..."