Pell Grants For Prisoners 2024. As of july 2023, incarcerated students are again eligible for pell grants to support their enrollment in approved prison education programs (peps). — an expected shortfall in the pell grant program in the coming year — or at least in the next few years — could send lawmakers scrambling to find new money to.
A federal pell grant, unlike a loan, does not have to be repaid. The restoration of pell grants for students in prison follows growing bipartisan backing for the issue in recent years, including from the trump administration.