CHEYENNE — During its final interim meeting Thursday, the Legislature’s Joint Education Committee advanced legislation to overhaul the state’s Hathaway Scholarship program, voting to increase award amounts and boost student flexibility, while rejecting a proposal to ease academic eligibility requirements.

The Hathaway Scholarship is a merit- and needs-based program for Wyoming high school graduates to attend college in state, created in honor of former Gov. Stanley Hathaway.

The committee considered five draft bills related to the scholarship, which is funded by a state endowment and currently available for use at the University of Wyoming and in-state public community colleges. UW students who drove over the hill from Laramie to Cheyenne Thursday offered comments on the bill drafts and

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