Question: In what year did France set up an aid program for Americans?
About the article "American Revolution", section "France".

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In early 1776, France set up a major program of aid to the Americans, and the Spanish secretly added funds.
Each country spent one million "livres tournaises" to buy munitions.
A dummy corporation run by Pierre Beaumarchais concealed their activities.
American rebels obtained some munitions through the Dutch Republic as well as French and Spanish ports in the West Indies.
Today, the Pell Grant program assists undergraduates of low-income families, who are actively attending universities and or other secondary institutions.
However, before the Pell Grant became what it is today, it went through numerous changes.
In 1965, Congress passed the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA).
President Lyndon B. Johnson implemented the HEA as a part of his administration's agenda to assist and improve higher education in the United States.
This was the initial legislation to benefit students of lower and middle-income.
The HEA program included not only grants, but also low interest loans to students who did not qualify for grants.
Universities and other institutions, such as vocational schools, benefited as well from the HEA program, receiving federal aid to improve the quality of the education process.
Student aid programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education are contained in Title IV of the HEA, which is why they are called "Title IV Programs.
"In 1972, Title IX Higher Education Amendments were a response to the distribution of aid in the current grant.
Senator Claiborne Pell set forth the initial movements to reform the HEA.
Opportunity Grant Program (Basic Grant) were intended to serve as the "floor" or "foundation" of an undergraduate student's financial aid package.
Other financial aid, to the extent that it was available, would be added to the Basic Grant up to the limit of a student's financial need.
Most changes to the federal student aid program result from a process called "reauthorization".
Through the process of reauthorization, Congress examines the status of each program and decides whether to continue that program, and whether a continued program requires changes in structure or purpose.
Congress has reauthorized campus-based programs every five or six years, beginning in 1972. 
Achard de Bonvouloir's positive report reached France on February 27, 1776; it gave Vergennes ammunition to persuade King Louis XVI to aid the rebellious colonies.
France and Spain were not ready for open hostilities with Britain, but they agreed to secretly aid the rebellion.
Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais through a dummy company, Hortalez & Cie, was set up to funnel arms and supplies to America.
While still maintaining an official neutrality, France was fully committed to providing substantial secret aid to the Americans. 
In 2008 the US Department of Education, Office of the Inspector General (OIG) completed an audit of financial management, specifically the university's management of Title IV funds, which related to its work-study program.
For the two-year audit period (2004–2005, 2005–2006) the audit found numerous faults.
In summary, the OIG found that the university did not comply with Title IV, HEA requirements because of administrative problems, including staff turnover, insufficient financial aid staff, failure to have written procedures, and lack of communication with other offices.
The University worked with auditors to set up appropriate staff and procedures. 
Americans for Informed Democracy (AID) was founded by a group of American students who studied abroad just after the September 11th attacks.
A few of those who studied abroad were met with intense sympathy and solidarity from people around the world.
When they came back to the US, they were often asked why some people from around the world disagreed with American values.
These students set up AID to bring the world home to Americans, and to launch student dialogue and action about what the US role in the world should look like.