"Governor Jennifer Granholm signed the final budget bills for the 2010 fiscal year that cut more than $10 billion from the state budget -- the most by any Michigan governor in history," The Bay City Times reports. "Student financial aid saw a $135 million reduction, which is more than 61 percent from the current year. The budget reduces funding for state competitive scholarships by $17.9 million and totally eliminates all nursing scholarships, the Michigan Work-Study Program, the Part-Time Independent Student Program and the Michigan Education Opportunity Grants."

You can read the complete Nov. 30, 2009 Bay City Times article on-line.

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