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Associated Press - October 14, 2009 2:14 PM ET
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The state Board of Education will consider proposal to scale back on a scholarship program Idaho lawmakers created to help high school graduates during their first two years of college.
About 9,200 college students scheduled to receive a $500 Promise Scholarship this year would instead get $400 under the plan, which will go to the board for final approval Thursday.
Public universities and colleges already operating with less money compared to last year were told to cut spending by another 6% last month to help offset shortfalls in state revenue.
The cuts meant a loss of $235,524 from the nearly $4 million state appropriation for the Promise Scholarship program.
The scholarships have been reduced to $400 one other year since the program was created in 2001.
Information from: The Spokesman-Review, http://www.spokesmanreview.com
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