Establishes Gold Star Family Scholarship Program; appropriates $100,000 from General Fund to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
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This bill creates the Gold Star Family Scholarship Program to provide financial assistance to family members of military personnel who died in service to the United States. It establishes a scholarship fund within the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, which will award scholarships to eligible family members attending institutions of higher education. The program will be funded through a personalized license plate surcharge and voluntary contributions from taxpayers, with an initial appropriation of $100,000.
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James Beach
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