Lottery scholarship restored

June 24 2021

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The New Mexico Higher Education Department has announced that the New Mexico Lottery Scholarship will cover the full amount of tuition for eligible students at a ll public and tribal colleges and universities for the 2021-22 school year.

Due to increased lottery ticket sales and a significant budget appropriation, this marks the first time the scholarship covers 100 percent of tuition since 2015.

The Lottery Scholarship will be funded at $63.5 million for fiscal year2022, over a 30 percent increase from last year’s funding of $43 million.