The Durrwachter Alumni Conference Center on the Lock Haven University campus. Credit By User:Ruhrfisch – Photo taken by self, GFDL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8138315

Students at state universities, like Lock Haven University, are finally in the process of receiving state grants that had been delayed due to the continued budget impasse. Students who didn’t receive their Pennsylvania state grant funds until just recently have had to make sacrifices.

Landon Allen is a senior at Lock Haven University.

At Lock Haven, 85% of students get some type of financial aid and approximately 1,800 students received grants from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency or (PHEAA) this year. That’s almost $2.2 million in delayed funds for students.

“I’ve been in financial aid in the state of Pennsylvania for over 15 years now and this is the first time that this has occurred to this extent,” said Robert Fryer.

Fryer is the director of financial aid at Lock Haven University and has been dealing with the impasse crisis since August.

Each year a portion of the state budget goes towards need based financial aid for Pennsylvania college students. Universities in the state system as well as PHEAA state grants were funded in this move; meaning that money is finally on its way to students.

At Lock Haven the first wave of funds for the fall semester was distributed during the last week of January.