Legislative Finance Committee points out issues with New Mexico's scholarships

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico has two large free college programs – with millions of dollars to pay for students' higher education – but can those programs survive in the long run? That is what state leaders are asking in a new report.Thousands of New Mexicans depend on the Lottery and Opportunity scholarships. In a Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) meeting on Tuesday, August 22, analysts with the state highlighted the changes needed to keep the scholarships from r