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WiStateJournal No rest: State Assembly resumes debate over surprise minority treatment bill
http://t.co/OvG40Brn...........The bill at the heart of the latest debate originally made largely technical changes to a $4.4 million program that extends between $600 and $1,800 grants to the most needy and educationally disadvantaged students attending college in Wisconsin. About 4,300 students a year qualify.
Applicants must be poor and a non-traditional student. To be a non-traditional student, the applicant must meet one of several criteria including being in prison, a first generation college attendee or black, Indian, Hispanic or Hmong.
The proposed amendment removed being a minority as one of the qualifiers for the grants.
Its introduction set off a wave of opposition from Democrats who said it was indicative of a larger Republican agenda to attack minority rights and affirmative action. State Sen. Glenn Grothman, a Republican who has historically opposed affirmative action programs, was on the floor talking with GOP Assembly members during the debate...............
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