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Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2013 - 2014 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted:	January 31, 2013 12:59 PM
From:	Senator Lisa M. Boscola
To:	All Senate members
Subject:	Establishment of an Academic Excellence Scholarship Program

In the near future, I plan to reintroduce legislation to establish an academic excellence scholarship program, and I invite you to join me as a co-sponsor. This bill provides financial incentives for high-school students to attend college and stay in Pennsylvania once they’ve graduated. It authorizes PHEAA to provide $5,000 grants to students that have demonstrated academic excellence. To qualify, students must: - Be Pennsylvania residents - Graduate in the top 5 percent of their high-school class - Score at least a 2130 on their SATs, and - Agree to work in Pennsylvania for at least 2 years after graduation. If students earn a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher at the end of each academic year, they may continue to apply for grants for a maximum of 4 consecutive academic years. This is a reintroduction of SB 727 from the previous legislative session. Co-sponsors included WILLIAMS, BROWNE, FERLO, COSTA,TARTAGLIONE, FONTANA, STACK, SOLOBAY, BREWSTER, WASHINGTON, FARNESE, WOZNIAK AND RAFFERTY,

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