2-19-2019

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state’s largest college aid program would get more money and a new name under a proposal heard in a key budget committee.

The Spokesman-Review reports the State Need Grant, which offers scholarships for low-income students, would eventually cover all eligible students under a new name: the Washington Promise Scholarship.

Although the program covered more than 68,000 students last year, more than 22,000 who were eligible received nothing because money ran out.