Lottery Scholarship

Let me say that I am very pleased with the results of the House and Senate agreeing to lower the GPA requirement for the lottery scholarship. Students can now have a 2.75 until their junior year and a 3.0 their senior year to keep their scholarship. A 2.75, a B-minus, is still doing really well in college. When many of these students graduate, they will go into the workforce. Many employers will not care what GPA you graduated with, but with the activities and work experience that you did during school. If I was hiring someone, I would rather hire someone with more work experience than someone who had a higher GPA. By lowering this requirement, more people will stay in school and get a college degree. I am glad that the state is going to use all the excess money in something that will educate and help many students go on to live great lives. Let me take this chance and thank all the Senate and House members for all the work that you put into this bill! Thank you!