{"id":30037,"date":"2016-02-17T12:24:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T18:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=30037"},"modified":"2016-02-17T13:28:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T19:28:47","slug":"illinois-students-rally-for-map-grants-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/illinois-students-rally-for-map-grants-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois students rally for MAP grants (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Sophie Zhang<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1455669393334_63033\" class=\"yiv3804779865\">\n<p class=\"dropcap\">S<\/p>\n<p>tudents from about 15 universities and colleges gathered in front of the Thompson Center downtown Tuesday to demand Gov. Bruce Rauner fund a widely used\u00a0grants program\u00a0that serves low-income students in Illinois.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv3804779865\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1455669393334_63053\" class=\"yiv3804779865\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1455669393334_63055\" class=\"yiv3804779865\" style=\"color: #2b2b2b\"><span class=\"yiv3804779865\">Because of lack of funding, the state currently doesn<\/span><span class=\"yiv3804779865\">\u2019<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1455669393334_63054\" class=\"yiv3804779865\">t have a budget for\u00a0the Monetary Award Program (MAP) for 2016. The Illinois General Assembly passed the bill SB2043 to pay for the MAP, but the governor said he would veto it.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv3804779865\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1455669393334_63057\" class=\"yiv3804779865\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1455669393334_63056\" class=\"yiv3804779865\">Over the past 50 years, MAP has provided higher-education grants to Illinois residents from low-income families. About 128,000 students received MAP in 2015, according to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 155600786 w=474]<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: The need-based MAP grant aims to insure all Illinois residents receive educational opportunities. (Sophie Zhang\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sophie Zhang S tudents from about 15 universities and colleges gathered in front of the Thompson Center downtown Tuesday to demand Gov. 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