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Subcommittee refers bill to allow transfer students to qualify for HOPE scholarship to lottery calendar
Summary
House Bill 1518 would allow transfer students who later meet GPA requirements to become eligible for HOPE lottery scholarship dollars even if they were not eligible out of high school; the subcommittee moved the bill to the lottery calendar for further consideration.
Chairman Baum introduced House Bill 1518 as a measure to let transfer students who improve their academic standing after attending community college or another institution become eligible for HOPE scholarship lottery dollars even if they did not qualify immediately out of high school. He described common cases where students' grades improve after transferring and urged the committee to consider the fairness of allowing later eligibility.
Members asked procedural clarifying questions; committee leadership referred the bill to the lottery calendar for additional vetting rather than taking a floor vote at this session.
