Bright Flight (Missouri Scholarship)
Bright Flight is a Missouri merit-based scholarship in the amount of $1750 per annum (formerly $2000 and later $1500) to Missouri's qualifying graduating high school seniors who enroll in a Missouri accredited college or university. From June 2004 to July 2005, 8390 students were enrolled in the Bright Flight program, which totaled over $15 million in state expenditures.
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