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Committee approves lump‑sum Hathaway option to give students more flexibility
Summary
Senate File 36 would let students receive Hathaway awards as a lump‑sum payment to use flexibly for tuition and fees. The committee voted 5–0 to advance the bill after discussion about coordination with other Hathaway reforms.
The Senate Education Committee voted unanimously Feb. 13 to advance Senate File 36, which would convert Hathaway awards from a semester‑by‑semester allocation into a single lump‑sum amount that students could apply toward tuition and fees over a multi‑semester window.
Senator Rothfuss, the bill’s sponsor in committee, described the policy as creating a "debit card" of…
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