Funding for the Federal Pell Grant is short $5.7 billion this year. Up to 70,000 UC students and 8,200 UCSC students could be affected.

The United States Student Association (USSA) is urging collegiates nationwide to contact their local senators and fight for student aid reform legislation in a week they have entitled “Raising Pell.” The members of the USSA have strategically decided to go into action the week before the ballot goes out to raise awareness to politicians about the need for student aid reform.