[Vision2020] Fwd: Press Release-Promise Scholarship

[Tom Trail]

>Visionaries:
>
>
>
>           FOUR YEARS OF THE IDAHO PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP Program
>
>The University of Idaho Financial Aid Office recently released information
>reporting that almost $3,000,000 in Promise Scholarship monies have been
>received by over 3,000 University of Idaho students.   The report also
>indicates that 553 students from Latah County schools have received $258,762
>in scholarships from the program.
>
>Rep. Tom Trail, House sponsor of the bill, noted that Sen. Robert Lee provided
>the needed leadership on the Senate side to pass the bill.  The scholarship
>is now officially named the Robert Lee Scholarship.  Graduates of Idaho
>high schools who earn a minimum of a 3.0 gpa and who attend Idaho institutions
>of higher education are eligible to receive a $250/semester scholarship for
>four semesters or a total of $1,000.  Home Schoolers can also qualify is they
>earn a 20 on the ACT test.
>
>The impact on Latah County schools has been substantial.  A total of 
>553 students who attended the University of Idaho received Promise 
>Scholarships
>totaling $258,762.  The data for Students from Latah County schools 
>who attended other Idaho universities and received the scholarships 
>was not reported.
>
>      PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP IMPACT ON THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
>
>    Year          No. of Students          Scholarship Totals
>
>   2001-02            1,181                  $546,750
>   2002-03            1,803                   781,723
>   2003-04            1,752                   817,083
>   2004005            1,651                   808,000
>
>   Total              5,324*                $2,953,556
>
>*Student count includes those who received the scholarship over a two
>  year period
>
>               LATAH COUNTY SCHOOL RECEPIENTS
>
>
>   SCHOOL                No. of Students        Scholarship Total
>
>Deary                          21                   $9,100
>Logos                          63                   28,950
>Genesee                        42                   19,800
>Kendrick                       24                   11,100
>Moscow                        336                  160,112
>Potlatch                       40                   17,300
>Troy                           27                   12,300
>
>Total                         553                 $258,762
>
>The Promise Scholarship Program is but one part of the University of Idaho
>scholarship programs available to students.  In 2002-03 need based 
>scholarships
>and grants totaled $11.1 million and non need scholarships $2.2 million.
>Self help loans totaled about $20 million, and about 80% of need based
>undergraduates were met.  Rep. Trail noted that efforts are being made to
>increase the size of the scholarship during the next legislative session.
>
>

-- 
Dr. Tom Trail
International Trails
1375 Mt. View Rd.
Moscow, Id. 83843
Tel:  (208) 882-6077
Fax:  (208) 882-0896
e mail ttrail at moscow.com