[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 26 (Friday, February 12, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H647]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NEVADA WILL RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS BASED ON 
                         SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, we often hear a lot about what Washington 
bureaucrats want to do about our children's education, but let me tell 
you what my Governor is doing about education at the State level.
  Last month, in his first State of the State Address, Nevada Governor 
Kenny Guinn announced a bold and innovative plan to improve Nevada's 
high school dropout rate. In this plan, every Nevada high school 
student will receive a scholarship to a Nevada college or university 
based on scholastic achievement of maintaining a B average. The 
Millennium Scholarship plan will help motivate Nevada's students to 
seek higher education and better opportunities.
  When Governor Guinn visited high schools recently, many students 
expressed excitement over this proposal, and that is our 
responsibility, to make these students excited about their education. 
This scholarship program by our Republican governor will change the 
landscape for educating Nevada's students by creating opportunities 
that never before existed.

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