The state House on Tuesday said “no thanks” to a Senate measure that would allow technical colleges to refer to themselves as community colleges.
The House voted to re-amend House Bill 372, which most notably would lower the GPA threshold for students to qualify for HOPE grants to 2.0. That language survives, while the House stripped the Senate’s attempt to add the school naming measure.
The bill now goes back to the Senate.
Students will be eligible for the grant, which goes to technical college students, if they maintain a 2.0 grade-point average. That’s down from the current 3.0 rule, but a return to the requirement that had existed for years before lawmakers overhauled the lottery-funded scholarship in 2011.
The added language from Senate Bill 103, which would allow but not require the state’s technical colleges to be renamed as community colleges. While that passed the Senate, it has stalled in the House.
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