<p>I stand corrected. There is no funny business going on in MO.
Received email From MO Representative Brian L. Baker stating:</p>
<p>Fewer new scholarships were awarded for 2007-08 than previous years because the number of renewal scholarships took most of the money. More students are eligible to renew and do renew their scholarship than in some prior years. That leaves less money available for new scholarships. </p>
<p>Also, more students are earning a perfect ACT score of 36 than a few years ago. An attempt is made to award an equal number of scholarships in each of Missouri’s congressional districts. The applicants with the very high ACT scores along with high GPAs in a congressional district reduces, and perhaps eliminates, the number of scholarships available to be awarded to students with high, but less than perfect, ACT scores.</p>
<p>Brian responded quickly to my email.</p>
<p>CCMO</p>