High School freshmen surpassed last year’s class when it comes to signing up for a guaranteed spot in Wisconsin colleges or universities and possibly financial benefits to boot.
Last year just more than 17,000 freshmen in Wisconsin high schools signed up for the Wisconsin Covenant, a plan by Gov. Jim Doyle to make college available for Wisconsin students, regardless of their economic background.
This year, 18,200 freshman took advantage of the program, although some of its specifics and a method of funding for the proposal has not been worked out. The program started with last year’s freshman class and will not be fully implemented until that class is ready for college.