SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) – A State Senate Democrat plan would add a database showing all scholarships available in higher education.
It would show all the scholarships on one website. Students starting in the seventh grade would be taught to create an account and how to access the website. Students 18 or older would also be allowed to access the site.
State Sen. Doris Turner (D-Springfield) said the idea for this bill came to her from one of her summer high school interns working in her Decatur office.
“I always ask them to consider something that they think is a really good piece of legislation and I’m really excited and proud to say this is one of them,” Turner said.
The bill passed out of the Senate on a 49-5 vote. It now heads to the House floor where lawmakers could talk about it in the coming weeks.
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