Recently legislative scholarships have made headlines as various legislators have made their positions on awarding the tuition waivers clear. In an article from the Northwest Herald, Senator Duffy explained why his office does not award these scholarships.

From the Northwest Herald:

State Sen. Dan Duffy, R-Barrington, withdrew his office’s participation in the program a few years ago. In a 2009 letter to constituents, he said the “Legislative Scholarship process has very little oversight, it is not transparent, and it opens up the floodgates to corruption. … Unfortunately, the Legislative Scholarship program is too easy to abuse.”

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