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Committee advances scholarship change to remove continuous‑enrollment requirement; debate over usage window deferred
Summary
House Bill 25 removes the continuous‑enrollment requirement for the Wyoming Tomorrow Scholarship to make the program more accessible to nontraditional students; the committee discussed a suggested cap on how long beneficiaries can use the scholarship (current references to a 41‑year window) but declined to add the change and the sponsor withdrew a 10‑year amendment; HB25 passed the committee.
Representative Erickson told the committee House Bill 25 would eliminate a continuous‑enrollment requirement for the Wyoming Tomorrow Scholarship so students who pause their education for work, family, military service or other reasons would not lose eligibility. "By removing the continuous enrollment requirement, we make the program more congruent with the realities of the workforce and the needs of…
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