Stimulus Bill Update College Students

The legislation offers a wide range of help both for individuals and for struggling elements of the economy from mass.

Stimulus bill update college students. It s looking up for college students in negotiations over the second round of covid 19 stimulus checks. Senate would extend stimulus checks to adult. Breaking down the 900b stimulus package and 1 4t omnibus bill.

A lot of college students and their parents were mad as hell back in march when they found out they weren t getting a 1 200 stimulus check. The republican proposal in the u s. Here s what we know from the bill.

Adult dependents including college students and seniors and 17 year olds do not qualify. Stimulus checks will be 1 200 per adult or 2 400 for married couples filing jointly and an additional 500 per child subject to income limits. Congress is considering another round of stimulus checks but many are wondering if college students will be included in this round.

1 2021 at 11 36 a m. The exclusion of college students from the stimulus bill will only compound the existing and ever growing financial precarity of young americans from millennials to gen z. The irs urges college students to act so they don t leave their coronavirus stimulus money on the table.

The new stimulus bill didn t extend the student loan payment pause but it has 8 provisions that will affect how families pay for college last updated. Sydney gold is a sophomore political science and magazine journalism major. Her column appears bi weekly.

According to the latest stimulus bill. Congress passed the cares act in march and sent direct cash. The agency is urging.