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Amends existing law to provide that certain funds may be used for scholarship awards to adults meeting certain criteria.

IDAHO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP -- Amends existing law to provide that certain funds may be used for scholarship awards to adults meeting certain criteria.

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To add a provision to the Idaho Opportunity Scholarship to allow up to twenty percent (20%) of funds appropriated for the program to be awarded to adult students who have earned at least 24 credits and who are completing their first undergraduate degree or certificate at an eligible Idaho postsecondary institution. Providing a financial incentive for adults who have some college but no degree to finish a postsecondary program was a unanimous recommendation of the Governor's 2017 Higher Education Task Force.

house Chamber· Mar 19, 2018

House Third Reading

Close vote✓ Passed
37 Yea
32 Nay
1 absentPassed by 5 votes
Republican
26 yea/32 nay
Democrat
11 yea/0 nay
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ABSENT / NOT VOTING (1)

Session Law Chapter 245 Effective: 07/01/2018

Session
2018
Chamber
senate
Status date
Mar 23, 2018
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