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KHEAA proposes 250% income cap for Work Ready Kentucky to stretch scholarship dollars
Summary
KHEAA told the Senate Education Committee it plans to ask the legislature to cap Work Ready Kentucky eligibility at 250% of Kentucky median income (about $148,400 in 2023–24), a change KHEAA says would have freed funds and extended the application window; Representative McCool has agreed to sponsor the bill.
The Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority briefed the Senate Education Committee on a planned legislative change to the Work Ready Kentucky scholarship, proposing an income cap to preserve scholarship dollars and extend access for middle-income students.
Jo Carol Ellis, executive director of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA), said the agency proposes capping eligibility at 250% of Kentucky’s median income. "Our proposal is to set that limit at 250% of Kentucky median income," Ellis said, noting that if that cap had been in place for the 2023–24 school year the threshold would have been about $148,400 and students above that…
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