Statehouse Digest

MERIT-AID CUTS: Illinois's final budget excluded funds for the state's Merit Recognition Scholarship program, which had awarded $1,000 to students in the state who graduated in the top 5 percent of their high-school classes and enrolled at Illinois institutions. About 6,300 students would have been eligible this year for the grants, which were cut from the budget after the Illinois Student Assistance Commission recommended that more money be directed to need-based aid

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