The Michigan Promise Scholarship might have another chance at survival after the Michigan House Appropriations Committee voted today to reinstate the program.
The bill, which is supplemental to the higher education budget, includes $120 million in appropriations for the program, with the money to come from an unspecified tax increase.
Students can receive up to $4,000 from the Michigan Promise Scholarship based on results on the Michigan Merit Exam. More than 7,700 MSU students and 96,000 students statewide are eligible to receive the scholarship during the 2009-2010 school year.
But the bill still must be approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate before being included in the 2010 budget.
“It doesn’t necessarily save it,” said state Rep. Mark Meadows, D-East Lansing. “The House and Senate have to vote and agree on it.”
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