The Trump administration’s budget proposal cuts from $7,395 to $5,710 a year the maximum federal Pell Grant award, federal aid available to low-income families who demonstrate financial need and on which 40% of undergraduate students rely to attend higher education, NBC News reported Sunday.

The proposal, which would also reduce the federal work-study program, is in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that Republicans in Congress hope to enact.

Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren harshly criticized the proposal, saying that “the money we invest in post-high school education isn’t charity — it helps Americans get good jobs, start businesses, and contribute to our economy. No kid’s education should be defunded to pay for giant tax giveaways for billionaires.”

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