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2 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, April 7, 2010
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
New Policy Boosts Needy
Students, HBCUs
Pres. Barack Obama
WASHINGTON
(NNPA) - With the
signing of yet another histori
cal piece of legislation,
President Obama made good
on his promise to make higher
education more affordable and
accessible for all Americans.
The Health Care and
Education Reconciliation Act,
enacted on March 30,
strengthens the Pell Grant pro
gram, invests in community
colleges, extends support for
historically Black colleges
and other minority-serving
institutions, and helps student
borrowers manage their stu
dent loan debt by capping
repayments at 10 percent of
their discretionary income.
These efforts will be fully paid
for by ending the government
subsidies currently given to
banks and other financial
institutions that make guaran
teed federal student loans.
These much-needed dol
lars can be used to renew,
reform, and expand program
ming to ensure that students at
these institutions are given
every chance to live up to their
full potential.
Several provisions in the bill,
which Black lawmakers
fought to include, will:
• Invest $35 billion over 10
years to increase the maxi
mum annual Pell Grant to
$5,550 in 2010 and to $5,975
by 2017.
• Invest $2.55 billion in
HBCUs and minority-serving
Institutions to provide students
with the support they need to
stay in school and graduate.
• Invest $2 billion in a compet
itive grant program for com
munity colleges to develop
and improve educational or
career training programs.
• Save taxpayers $61 billion
over 10 year by allowing stu
dents to borrow directly from
the government through the
Direct Loan program, thus
avoiding excessive bank fees.
These benefits build on
other provisions of the law that
put the Pell Grant program on
sounder footing by covering
past and expected shortfalls
and that invest new dollars in
community colleges.
According
to the Congressional Budget
Office, ending these wasteful
subsidies frees up nearly $68
billion which this new law
reinvests back into students
and into deficit reduction over
the next 11 years
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Bell Promoted to Management and
Financial Services Director
Carol Bell
Upon the recent depar
ture of Savannah's Assistant
City Manager Chris Morrill to
assume the duties of City
Manager of Roanoke, Virginia,
Carol Bell was promoted to
Interim Management and
Financial Services Director.
In this capacity, Carol is
responsible for administrative
oversight of Human
Resources, Research and
Budget, Information
Technology, Vehicle
Maintenance, Revenue,
Purchasing, Auditing,
Recorders Court, Central
Services and Enterprise
Resource Planning.
Prior to this, Carol was
the Central Services Director
for the City of Savannah and an
Executive Leadership Coach.
She has worked for the City of
Savannah for over 30 years.
Carol holds a B.S.
Degree in Mathematics from
Shaw University and an MPA
from the University of Georgia.
She completed a fellowship at
the Harvard University
Kennedy School of
Government and a
Certification from Georgetown
University in Executive
Leadership Coaching.
She is a past president of
Gamma Sigma Omega
Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority; past Board Chair of
the United Way of the Coastal
Empire, a board member of
Leadership Savannah, a mem
ber of the Savannah Chapter of
the Links, Inc., Coordinator of
the United Negro College
Fund's 100 Celebrity Men Who
Cook and a member of several
other civic community initia
tives.
Carol serves on the Board
of the 311 Synergy Group and
the Association of Government
Contact Center Employee.
She is a member of the
National Forum of Black
Public Administrators and
chairs the Leadership Institute
for the local Chapter.
Savannah Children’s Choir to hold
Spaghetti Supper
The Savannah Children’s
Choir will hold a Spaghetti
Supper on Monday, April 12
from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. at St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church, 34th
& Abercom.
The cost is $7 per meal,
and includes pasta, meat or
vegetarian sauce, salad and
bread. Drinks and desserts will
also be available for sale.
The dinner will benefit
the Preparatory Choir’s
upcoming tour to Charleston,
SC in May.
To make reservations,
please call the Savannah
Children’s Choir at (912) 228-
4758 before Friday, April 8,
with your last name and the
number of dinners you would
like to purchase, indicating if
you wish to dine in or take out.
You may also email this
information by Friday, April 8
to info@savannahchoir.org.
This is the Choir’s second year
holding this successful supper.
Last year’s event raised
over $1,500 for the choir, off
setting much of the cost of the
trip for all children.
Preparatory Choir members
will serve as waiters, and may
even serenade diners if asked
(or tipped!)For more informa
tion, go to www. savannah -
choir.org.
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