House Speaker Criticizes Merit Award Elimination The Associated Press reports that State House Speaker Craig DeRoche criticized Gov. Jennifer Granholm's proposal to eliminate $500 scholarships for high school students who scored well on the state's MEAP tests while in middle school. The Governor proposed saving $9 million by not giving the Michigan Merit Award scholarships to almost 50,000 graduating seniors. Read Speaker criticizes proposal to cut scholarship for middle schoolers from the AP Posted/updated Feb 25, 2005 by Andrew McFarlane (Absolute Michigan) click to Send This Story to a Friend! Main Michigan News Page Go Back One Page

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