WASHINGTON (AP) — The D.C. Council will scale back a bill creating an ambitious college scholarship program to avoid endangering a popular federal grant that helps District of Columbia students defray the cost of attending college outside the city.
The changes proposed this week to the program known as D.C. Promise are intended to address concerns raised by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat who represents the district in Congress.
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