tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post2739734482665489331..comments2023-11-03T04:00:24.785-04:00Comments on Kentucky School News and Commentary: Kentucky House and Senate reach deal on state budgetRichard Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-78665288593824451942012-03-29T15:06:16.324-04:002012-03-29T15:06:16.324-04:00Is it me or does something seem particularly inequ...Is it me or does something seem particularly inequitable to giving scholarships to kids just because they happen to live in county where coal exists. (I would be interested in knowing what counties qualify for this and exactly how much money this is going to involve.) I honestly can't think of a more capricious and less deserving way to distribute scholarship money to students. Why not give it to kids who were born on days which are divisable by five or if you have a tree that happens to be less than 20 feet from your house or if you are the third child born in your family.<br /><br />If you want to give it to poor students, fine. If you want to award it to counties based upon level of education, great. What does having coal in your county have anything to do with scholarships other than some sort of UP political appeasement? Just remember that everytime you hand out one of those scholarships you are taking away two classroom sets of textbooks from the K-12 kids you are trying to prepare to go to these post secondary institutions - so don't come complaining about not being prepared for college when you are depositing those checks into the university coffers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com