WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Education announced that it expects to award up to 26 grants for the High School Equivalency Program. The agency description of the grant states: "The HEP is designed to assist migratory or seasonal farmworkers (or immediate family members of such workers) to obtain the equivalent of a secondary school diploma and subsequently to gain improved employment, enter into military service, or be placed in an institution of higher education (IHE) or other postsecondary education or training." The estimate more ST