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Perkins III/Special Populations Program

Contact Information:

  • Address: Rend Lake College; 468 N Ken Gray Parkway; Ina, IL 62846
  • Phone: (618) 437-5321
  • Fax: (618)437-5677
  • Contact: Mark Kern

The Perkins III/Special Populations program offers assistance to qualified career and technical education students. Services offered include tutoring, childcare payments, transportation reimbursement, certain lab fees, books and supplies. In order to qualify for the program, you must receive a PELL Grant, be a career and technical education major and have completed 12 semester hours with a grade point average of 2.0 or better. More information is available by contacting the Coordinator of Special Populations/Education-to-Careers at extension 232.

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