Federal budget battles freeze financial-aid payments to more than 1,300 D.C. graduates - Emma Brown, Washington Post

The months-long federal budget showdown on Capitol Hill has forced District officials to freeze college financial-aid payments for more than 1,300 D.C. high school graduates, leaving those students struggling to pay tuition and make ends meet. The federally funded D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant program provides more than 6,000 high school graduates with up to $10,000 a year to defray the cost of attending an out-of-state public university or up to $2,500 a year to attend a private university in the Washington area or any historically black private college in the United States. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/federal-budget-battles-freeze-financial-aid-payments-for-over-1300-dc-youths/2013/03/20/a26ce2ca-9191-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_story.html