Page 10 University Daily Kansan, February 25, 1982
Officials to visit D.C.
By STEPHEN BLAIR Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Officials from Lawrence and other cities will discuss the impact of President Reagan's 'new federalism,' when they attend the National League of Cities 1882 CongressionalCity Washington, D.C. this week.
Delegates at the Feb. 27 to March 2 conference will also set the agenda for the League's other annual conference in November, when the League's policy statements will be finalized. Lawrence Mayor Marci Francois said recently
THE LEAGUE'S Human Development Policy Committee will prepare a statement that takes into account any changes resulting from Reagan's new program, Francisco, a member of the committee, said.
An important part of past league conferences was the local official's opportunity to lobby for their congressmen, but under Reagan's new program, less federal legislation affects the cities, she said.
"It may become less necessary for local leaders to talk with national leaders" Francisco said.
In January, Reagan announced that he would be transferring $47 billion in federal programs to the states.
The conference will cost the city from $1,000 to $2,000 in registration fees, hotel rooms and transportation costs, hotel services and assistant city manager said vesterlain.
Wilden and Francisco will attend the conference with City Commissioners Toni Gleason, Barkley Clark, John Holmes and City Manager Huford Watson.
FRANCISCO SAID the meetings were valuable to her because they helped her learn how Lawrence was progressing compared to other cities.
"Lawrence is on track and, in some ways, ahead of other cities," Francisco said.
Rather than building a housing project that concentrates low-income people in one complex, subsidized housing in Lawrence is scattered throughout a neighborhood and blends in with it, she said.
Talks with officials from other cities have helped start projects in Lawrence, she said.
"At one of the League of Cities meetings I met the mayor of Rolla, Mo., and was invited to tour their recycling plant," Francis said.
The result of her visit to Rolla was a program started by the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department for five years, being going to the city dumbo, she said.
A WAREHOUSE for the recycling program is being built, and that also originated from the visit to Rolla, she said.
Another issue to be discussed is the way other cities enforce nuclear transportation ordinances, Wildgiven said.
In January, Lawrence adopted an ordinance requiring transporters of some types of radioactive materials to limits within a month after it occurs.
nowhere, the local law conflicts with a federal law that went into effect Feb. 1.
Commissioner Don Bins, who is not attending the conference this year because of schedule conflicts with his teaching job at Lawrence High School, said the League meetings had been helpful.
"There's been some legal battles on the East Coast, and I want to see where those are going," Wilden said.
"I THINK the knowledge we get makes us all better commissioners," he said.
"We got funds to build the four-lane highway from 23rd and Iowa streets to Clinton Lake."
"It helped me a great deal," Binns said. "I went one time and that was to lobby for the Clinton Parkway and we said it, so it was successful.
Talks with officials from other cities have given Lawrence officials ideas that have saved tax money. Binns said.
After hearing that maintenance on diesel trucks is 25 to 50 percent less than that of gasoline-powered trucks, the city had diesel trucks do most of the garbage collection in Lawrence, Binns said.
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Students who wish to be considered for campus-based financial aid should apply for by March 1, Jerry Rogers, a student financial aid, said yesterday.
By ANNE CALOVICH Staff Reporter
March 1 is not the final deadline, no Rogers said, "we usually have enough applicants by that time that would encumber all our money."
Staff Reporter
Deadline for campus financial aid nears
Rogers said students should apply for financial aid even though the Reagan administration has requested cuts in aid to students.
Campus-based aid programs are National Direct Student Loans, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, College Work-Study, University Scholarships and Health Profession Loans.
"There are several proposals under consideration at the federal level to change either the student eligibility guidelines or the funding levels, but nothing has been finalized," Rogers said.
The forms should be filled out and send it arrive at ACT by March 1, RSB said.
Students who want to apply for aid should pick up an American College Testing financial aid application at the office of student financial aid in Strong Hall.
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"Even if students are unsure about whether they are eligible for financial
Rogers said his office would find out in March the tentative amount of aid available for students. He said this amount may be much less than the amount of money available, but that this year it might not be so reliable. Students will find out their actual
aid, they should go ahead and apply for the 1982-84 academic year."
that this year it might not be so reliable. Students will find out their actual awards in May.
Rogers predicted that all awards would decrease slightly.
"But in 1983-84, it could be gungunsters, but the "basic grant program might be cut the point where it will really cut out a lot of hearts."
In 1981-82, governmental educational funding to KU was cut by $25,000. But more than $2,000 KU students applied for a full-time school year, an increase over last year.
There was $7.5 million in financial aid given to KU students this year in the form of grants, loans, work-study and scholarships.
Students are eligible for various forms of financial aid.
Pell grants, formerly the Basic Educational Opportunity Grants, are supplied by the federal government and do not need to be repaid. There was $2.8 million to KU students this year, a 6.7 percent decrease from last year.
Students who wish to apply for Pell grants can use the new application for federal student aid available in the financial aid office.
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Also available are National Direct Student Loans, long-term loans that are interest free until six months after graduation when 5.9 percent interest must be paid.
Rogers said the NDSL program was cut about 10 percent this year, and KU students received $1.3 million.
Another form of aid, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, do not have to be repaid either, and the $450,000 of aid awarded this year was a slight increase from last year, Rogers said.
Students also are automatically eligible for University scholarships when they apply to ACT. Rogers said there should be slightly more than the $1.5 million given out this year in college and graduate students in fine arts, education and engineering should see their schools for separate scholarship applications.
Student Loans provide KU students with the most aid because the loans are dispersed by private lending institutions, Rogers said.
Students must apply for GSLS through lending institutions, and since last Oct. 1, they also must demonstrate financial need. Registering with ACT is not required. The students pay 9 per cent interest on the loan six months after registration, and pay an initial percent of the loan at the time it is awarded.
The college work-study program is a form of aid that allows a student to work at an approved part-time job on behalf of the institution, specific federal subsidy amounts.
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But students will not be able to apply for the GLSs for another two months, Rogers said, because family connections need for next year are not available.
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Rogers said students could apply for student financial aid after the March 1 priority date. He said that the office was still processing applications for the current school year and that some small awards were being made.
Rogers said that the new financial need requirement would cut down on the volume of the loans. If a proposal that makes graduate students ineligible for loans is passed, the volume also could be cut by about $6 million, he said.
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