Urquhart Offers Scholarship Solution

Sen. Steve Urquhart says of the State Board of Regents' decision to reduce funding for the New Century Scholarship program: "[I]t's not right to cut scholarship money from the hardest working students. Here's my idea. The Governor's office still has unallocated 'economic stabilization' money (about $18.5 million, I believe). Governor Herbert should put $1.7 million of that money toward these scholarship funds -- which would keep them level for one year. Then, the Legislature should decide how to handle this situation for next year. ... We need to sit in a committee room with these students and their parents, as well as the many other worthy interests competing for the State's limited resources, and hammer out the policy in the open -- now, if Governor Herbert won't apply the bandage, or in January, if he will."