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Panel makes permanent rules for LIFE scholarship enhancements created by Act 156
Summary
The subcommittee approved regulations to make permanent emergency rules implementing Act 156 that add accounting and education majors to scholarship enhancements and preserve an emergency-year benefit for students in the current academic year.
The Education Administrative Subcommittee on Thursday approved permanent regulations implementing enhancements to the LIFE scholarship created by Act 156, a change that adds accounting and certain education majors to eligible fields and preserves emergency-rule benefits for the current academic year.
The regulations adopt emergency provisions already in effect so students eligible this year do not lose the $2,500-per-year enhancement for qualifying majors, officials said. Dr. Perez, the agency director who appeared before the subcommittee, said students who accept…
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