Cohen: Raise Lottery Scholarship Amounts
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › December 28, 2007
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NASHVILLE - U.S. Rep. Steven Cohen, who as a state lawmaker spearheaded the creation of the lottery-funded scholarship program, says the General Assembly should focus on increasing the size of the grants instead of lowering qualifying standards.
The Memphis Democrat said Thursday that he supports lowering the grade point averages needed to retain the scholarships once in college. But he said lowering the high school GPA needed to get a HOPE scholarship would be setting students up for failure.See the full content of this document
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Cohen: Raise Lottery Scholarship Amounts
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