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Joint education committee adopts amendment creating lottery scholarship framework; passes House Bill 1417 as amended
Summary
A joint session of the education committees adopted an amendment establishing a lottery scholarship framework that makes vocational programs, junior colleges and certificate-for-licensure programs eligible and then passed House Bill 1417 as amended. Members said Higher Education rules will define included industries.
A joint meeting of the education committees adopted an amendment to create a framework for a lottery-funded scholarship and then passed House Bill 1417 as amended.
The amendment, presented by Representative Lundstrom, sets up the structure members requested to implement a constitutional amendment tied to the lottery scholarship program and allows the program to begin implementation. "It does set up the framework for lottery scholarship but this allows it to start now getting that all together," Representative Lundstrom said, thanking former Speaker Shane Broadway, former Speaker Jerry McGillam and Mike Rogers of the…
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