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Committee reviews transfer of administrator scholarship program to HEC, amends eligibility to focus on experience with diverse populations
Summary
The House Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held a public hearing March 27 on House Bill 3030, a proposal to transfer administration of an existing administrator scholarship program from the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
The House Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held a public hearing March 27 on House Bill 3030, a proposal to transfer administration of an existing administrator scholarship program from the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HEC).
The bill’s sponsor and HEC staff emphasized the transfer would streamline administration. "This scholarship program has served over 170 students with grants of up to $12,000 per year," Kyle Thomas, Director of Legislative and Policy Affairs for the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, told the committee. Under the bill HEC would adopt the program and manage applications through its centralized scholarship systems, which…
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