It is not often that Ryan Pendleton’s law update is greeted with applause and cheers during board meetings at Akron Public Schools. But on Monday night, the school district finance chief announced to the board that the revised school funding formula he’d worked on with state lawmakers for the past three years had been approved…
Select’s editorial team works independently to review financial products and write articles that we believe will be useful to our readers. We can receive a commission when you click on links for products from our affiliate partners. Wells Fargo started this week informing consumers that they would be withdrawing their personal loan product. In letters…
If you’re a digital native and consider yourself immune to all scams, thieves have you exactly where they want you. For years, the Better Business Bureau survey has shown that younger adults are much more likely to lose money to scammers than older people whom you may see as stereotypical victims. The Federal Trade Commission…
KOLKATA: After West Bengal Prime Minister Mamata Banerjee launched the student credit card program on June 30 to provide low-interest loans to students for higher education, more than 10,000 applications were received for the program in just six days. “So far, a little more than 10,000 students have applied for a loan and we will…
With hacking incidents rampant, schools like the University of Iowa need to improve their cybersecurity to protect student information. Hacking is an unfortunate commonality in our networked online society. Every other week it seems like another high quality database or critical piece of infrastructure is being hacked. The University of California saw this firsthand earlier…
CHICAGO (CBS) – Governor JB Pritzker signed an important bill Tuesday that allows student athletes in Illinois to receive compensation. CBS 2’s Mugo Odigwe spoke to one of the state officials who urged it to be done. CONTINUE READING:Chicago-connected couple now among 12 confirmed dead in Surfside, Florida condo building collapse “Being able to implement guidelines…
After last year’s COVID-19 pandemic, more than 40% of University of Hawaii students wondered if they would run out of food before they got money to buy more. That’s according to a recent survey by the University of Hawaii and the Hope Center for College, Community and Justice, which examined the economic uncertainty of two-…
Thousands of South Carolinians are on the verge of rescheduling their student loan payments as temporary debt relief measures expire in early fall. Borrowers received a respite under the COVID-19 stimulus package in March 2020 when the Trump administration suspended repayments, lowered interest rates to zero, and halted collections on delinquent federal loans. The relief…
Child Tax Credit: How To Know If You’re Eligible, How Much You’re Paid Out Biden increased child tax credits as part of his American rescue plan. Here’s how much you will get and when you will receive the payments. Just the FAQs, USA TODAY When the American bailout plan went into effect in mid-March, it…
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