Posted: | December 4, 2014 10:47 AM |
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From: | Senator Lisa M. Boscola |
To: | All Senate members |
Subject: | Establishment of an Academic Excellence Scholarship Program |
In the near future, I intend to reintroduce legislation to establish an academic excellence scholarship program. 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. I invite you to join me as a co-sponsor. This is a reintroduction of SB 747 from the previous legislative session. Co-sponsors included: COSTA, TARTAGLIONE, BROWNE, FONTANA, TEPLITZ, STACK, FARNESE, BREWSTER, and RAFFERTY. |
Introduced as SB109