A popular Kansas scholarship program designed to get more workers into high-demand jobs has been thriving and lawmakers may expand the program this session. The House Education Committee held a hearing on a bill last week that would mainly expand the Kansas Scholarship Act. The Act provides funding for Kansans to attend certain two-year programs at community and technical colleges, as well as some universities, as long as they remain in Kansas for two years following school and work in a community with a high need or critical demand for workers like them.
Kansas Promise Scholarships are meant to pay any remaining costs after other scholarships. The program mostly prioritizes low-to-middle class Kansas households that may make too much money to qualify for full Federal Pell Grants but not enough income to pay for tuition outright.
