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Manhattan Ogden Public Schools Foundation unveils tuition-assistance plan for low-income students

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The Manhattan Ogden Public Schools Foundation reported steady endowments, continued scholarship work and a new tuition-assistance (TAC) stipend to help low-income high-school students take college coursework.

Heather Lansdowne, president of the Manhattan Ogden Public Schools Foundation, told the USD 383 board on July 16 that the foundation's finances are stable and that most funds are endowed for specific programs, limiting discretionary dollars.

"Nearly all of our funds ... are endowed funds that are earmarked for very specific projects," Lansdowne said, describing how earmarked endowments reduce expendable funds for new requests.

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