Mr. Pollack said that New York and Ohio had liberalized eligibility standards for Medicaid in the last year so more parents would qualify.
They could also raise eligibility standards for the state's largest financial aid program, which could also be slashed.
In response to escalating costs, some states tightened eligibility standards for benefits and restricted employees' choice of medical providers in the 1990's.
In recent days, officials from all three branches of government have notified their workers of the expanded eligibility standards for spousal benefits.
But the frequency of these procedures has not risen dramatically, because of an acute shortage of donor hearts, strict eligibility standards for potential recipients and caution at transplant centers that do not want to jeopardize success averages with risky operations.
The professors and the trustees have discussed trying to build a coalition that would remake collegiate athletics over the next decade, by raising academic and eligibility standards for athletes, by curtailing athletic excesses that have often led to scandal and by curbing the rampant race to build ever newer, more lavish athletic facilities.
While details remain sketchy, the initiative is expected to change eligibility standards for the three-year-old Home Affordable Refinance Program to encourage new, lower-cost loans to more homeowners who owe more on their mortgages than their properties are worth.
One change outlined on Friday is geared toward transparency by having the police "offer more detailed examples of eligibility standards for a permit, and make the additional examples available both in print and online," according to a news release from the mayor's office.
In light of the court ruling the BOA has confirmed they will be sending a letter to the IOC requesting confirmation that the 'decision in no way impacts the autonomy and ability of individual National Olympic Committees to determine eligibility standards for athletes and coaches who may seek to represent their countries in IOC-sanctioned events such as the Olympic Games'.
The audit urged a cap on nonresidents, along with tougher eligibility standards for them.
