<p>Another article also mentions higher GPA and a financial requirement:</p>
<p>The Senate proposal (foreshadowed in a meeting last month) not only caps the tuition at current-year levels (even though tuition is likely to go up by as much as 15 percent for universities next year.) It also:</p>
<pre><code>* Raises the GPA and SAT requirements.
- Shrinks from 7 years to 4 years the time in which students have to get their tuition covered.
- Shrinks the maximum number of credits covered by Bright Futures from 110 percent of the number required for a degree to 100 percent.
- Removes the provision that students who lose their eligibility because of a low college GPA can get the scholarship back. Once you lose it, you would be out of luck for the rest of college.
- Requires Bright Futures students to fill out a financial disclosure form – suggesting lawmakers are moving toward turning it from a merit program to a need-based program.
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