Mesa College Financial Aid and Trump Grant Freeze

Update: most local colleges are reporting Pell grants will continue - check the comments. And thanks to those who posted emails from Palomar and Southwestern. Wish Mesa was as communicative.

OG post: I just got off the phone with Mesa College student financial aid. They say they don’t know whether Pell grants and loans will be distributed this semester because of Trump’s OMB spending freeze.

While the Dept of Education said they won’t be affected (after saying they would be) there is a question about schools in California because of our “DEI” rules.

The Mesa aid officer just found out about it this morning, and have no idea if Pell grants are impacted.

“We don’t know when we’ll know.”