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Committee approves amendment to let unused HOPE credits apply to graduate or professional degrees
Summary
The House Higher Education Committee advanced House Bill 385 with an amendment setting an operative date of July 1, 2026, to allow students with unused HOPE scholarship credits to apply them toward specified graduate or professional degree costs, with students paying any per-hour difference.
The House Higher Education Committee on Wednesday advanced House Bill 385, which would allow students with unused HOPE scholarship credits to apply those credits toward certain professional or master’s degree programs if the bill becomes law.
Representative Hawkins, who presented the measure, said the bill “provides for those that have unused, HOPE credits that they can apply them towards either a professional or master's degree.”…
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