The Kelsey Stands Alone

By Kleinheider Posted on May 16, 2008 at 9:42 am

Adam Groves shares the news of Rep. Brian Kelsey lone vote against lowering the eligible GPA for students seeking lottery scholarships:

State Rep. Brian Kelsey was the only vote against the state’s comprehensive education bill which both lowers GPA requirements for students to retain their lottery scholarships. The measure sponsored by Education Chairman Les Winningham, a Huntsville Democrat, was approved 92-1. The House version keeps the GPA requirement at 2.75, while the Senate version only allows the lower GPA for one additional year past the freshman year. State Rep. Brian Kelsey on why he was the lone no-vote: “If we’re going to have the best and brightest, then we need to keep the standards high.”

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