Youngstown Promise study under way

Youngstown Promise study under way

YOUNGSTOWN — The city school board has hired a consultant to determine the feasibility of a plan to create a scholarship program for city school children who attend Youngstown State University.

The board approved a contract today with Hodge Cramer and Associates Inc. of Dublin, Ohio, a national philanthropic consulting company, to determine if the Youngstown Promise will work. The cost will be covered with grant funds.

The plan is to model the scholarship program after the Kalamazoo Promise in Michigan, which has proved to be beneficial to public education partnerships with higher education by providing college scholarships for Kalamazoo high school graduates to attend any state college or university in Michigan.

The Youngstown Promise would provide scholarships for city school graduates to attend Youngstown State University.

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