Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes the Key to the Future Scholarship pilot program that awards students who meet or exceed specific academic criteria and remain drug, alcohol, and tobacco free with scholarships.

Highlights:

- Requires a student to remain alcohol, drug, and tobacco free for the entire calendar year, and for the duration of the student's high school years (Sec. 1). - Requires students to be in the eleventh grade on or after September 1, 2009 to be eligible for the scholarship (Sec. 1). - Establishes that a guilty plea or withheld judgment for any offense related to drugs, alcohol or tobacco be the same as failing a drug test for the purposes of this program (Sec. 1). - Establishes that any student who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, or receives a withheld judgment for any offense related to drugs, alcohol or tobacco during the student's postsecondary education years forfeit any future use of the scholarship (Sec. 1). - Allows students to reapply annually, but requires that they disclose if they have been convicted of, pled guilty to, or received a withheld judgment for any offense related to drugs, alcohol or tobacco in the past 12 months (Sec. 1). - Requires a school district to apply to the state board of education to be a selected district for the scholarship program (Sec. 1).

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