Ark. Bill Would Create Promise Scholarship Program for All Students

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) – Paid college for all Arkansan kids is the goal of a proposed bill in the state legislature.

House Bill 1020 would create the General Assembly Promise Lottery Scholarship Program.

The bill would open a college scholarship account for every child in Arkansas. Under the program, the state treasurer would create an account to be used for college tuition at an Arkansas institution.