by Michelle Blackston A little-known provision in the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 would strip states of their higher education budgeting authority by punishing those states that don't maintain or increase such funding appropriations. Called a Maintenance of Effort or MOE, if not met, then states would lose vital federal assistance for the most needy students.
In this podcast, David Shreve and Robert Strange, NCSL's higher education education policy analysts, discuss the details of this measure and what states can do to preserve their authority to determine higher education spending.
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