Scholarships are available to students of different ages for different reasons, and they tend to be either offered by government agencies or private entities. In instances where scholarships are public, they might change in terms of qualifying criteria and amounts awarded. Private scholarships can change, too - with new scholarships at times being added and others eliminated.
Private scholarships also are provided beyond the college or university level. For example, there are privately funded scholarships that are designed to help students with financial needs attend quality K-12 schools outside of the districts in which they reside. These scholarships allow students to attend schools in which they are not geographically zoned for.
Oftentimes, government scholarships are provided in instances where students have financial needs. That might change in Alaska, where lawmakers have been debating whether state scholarships there should instead recognize students for their academic merit. In the end, lawmakers there might opt for some type of a balance between financial needs and academic merit requirements for state scholarships.
The "Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Scholarship Act" is currently active in the state of Oklahoma. With this, students in grades K-12 in Oklahoma are provided privately funded scholarships that might benefit them by giving them access to quality education options they might not otherwise be provided.
Under the Oklahoma scholarship act, students can qualify in instances where they have financial needs and reside within school districts that are considered by the No Child Left Behind Act as needing improvement. Private individuals and businesses can make donations for the scholarships, and in exchange for their contributions, will receive tax credits.
Lawmakers in Oklahoma also are considering whether or not undocumented students in the state should be provided scholarships that the state funds. Already, Oklahoma lawmakers made a move to prevent undocumented students from obtaining resident, or discounted tuition rates at public institutions. A group of high school and college students apparently is opposed to the move, however. They tried unsuccessfully to persuade lawmakers to continue allowing undocumented students in Oklahoma to receive in-state tuition in instances where they sign statements noting that they plan to become American citizens.
The Oklahoma students support the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, or DREAM Act, that has to do with providing certain immigrants American citizenship in instances where they fulfill certain requirements, such as completing two years of studies at colleges or universities. There is a group of students in favor of this act who are actively involved in trying to get it to pass. Lawmakers from different states voted differently, but ultimately voted the most recent version of the DREAM Act down.
Private scholarships also are provided beyond the college or university level. For example, there are privately funded scholarships that are designed to help students with financial needs attend quality K-12 schools outside of the districts in which they reside. These scholarships allow students to attend schools in which they are not geographically zoned for.
Oftentimes, government scholarships are provided in instances where students have financial needs. That might change in Alaska, where lawmakers have been debating whether state scholarships there should instead recognize students for their academic merit. In the end, lawmakers there might opt for some type of a balance between financial needs and academic merit requirements for state scholarships.
The "Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Scholarship Act" is currently active in the state of Oklahoma. With this, students in grades K-12 in Oklahoma are provided privately funded scholarships that might benefit them by giving them access to quality education options they might not otherwise be provided.
Under the Oklahoma scholarship act, students can qualify in instances where they have financial needs and reside within school districts that are considered by the No Child Left Behind Act as needing improvement. Private individuals and businesses can make donations for the scholarships, and in exchange for their contributions, will receive tax credits.
Lawmakers in Oklahoma also are considering whether or not undocumented students in the state should be provided scholarships that the state funds. Already, Oklahoma lawmakers made a move to prevent undocumented students from obtaining resident, or discounted tuition rates at public institutions. A group of high school and college students apparently is opposed to the move, however. They tried unsuccessfully to persuade lawmakers to continue allowing undocumented students in Oklahoma to receive in-state tuition in instances where they sign statements noting that they plan to become American citizens.
The Oklahoma students support the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, or DREAM Act, that has to do with providing certain immigrants American citizenship in instances where they fulfill certain requirements, such as completing two years of studies at colleges or universities. There is a group of students in favor of this act who are actively involved in trying to get it to pass. Lawmakers from different states voted differently, but ultimately voted the most recent version of the DREAM Act down.
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