Steve Harshman

Speaker of the House Steve Harshman, R-Casper, welcomes the nominees of the Wyoming Youth of the Year award, sponsored by Wyoming Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, on Tuesday, Feb. 11, in the Capitol rotunda. Each student at the University of Wyoming who is a U.S. citizen would receive $6,500 in aid for tuition and fees under the plan sponsored Harshman.

The Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives has sponsored draft legislation that would provide $116 million to cover most of the costs of college tuition in the state. Existing federal stimulus funds would pay for the program.

Each student at the University of Wyoming who is a U.S. citizen would receive $6,500 in aid for tuition and fees under the plan sponsored by House Speaker Steve Harshman, R-Casper. Community college students with American citizenship would have the total cost of tuition and fees paid under the program.

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