Editing New Mexico (section)

====Lottery scholarship====

New Mexico is one of eight states that fund college scholarships through the state [[lottery]].<ref>{{cite web |title=A Comparison of States' Lottery Scholarship Programs |url=https://thec.ppr.tn.gov/THECSIS/Lottery/pdfs/SpecialReports/A%20Comparison%20of%20States'%20Lottery%20Scholarship%20Programs%20120717.pdf |website=tn.gov/thec |publisher=Tennessee Higher Education Commission |access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113061111/https://thec.ppr.tn.gov/THECSIS/Lottery/pdfs/SpecialReports/A%20Comparison%20of%20States%27%20Lottery%20Scholarship%20Programs%20120717.pdf |archive-date=November 13, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Bryan-2018b">{{cite news |last1=Montoya Bryan |first1=Susan |title=Falling lottery sales pinch college scholarships in 8 states{{snd}}The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/03/02/falling-lottery-sales-pinch-college-scholarships-states/dQJQCVq9ulGtn2orSu29nI/story.html |work=The Boston Globe |agency=Associated Press |access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627144226/https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/03/02/falling-lottery-sales-pinch-college-scholarships-states/dQJQCVq9ulGtn2orSu29nI/story.html |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Peterson-2019">{{cite web |last1=Peterson |first1=Deb |title=Which States Have Lottery Scholarships |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/which-states-have-lottery-scholarships-31569 |website=ThoughtCo. |access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627115730/https://www.thoughtco.com/which-states-have-lottery-scholarships-31569 |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The state requires that the [[New Mexico Lottery|lottery]] put 30% of its gross sales into the scholarship fund.<ref>{{cite news |author= Jessica Dyer |title= NM lottery scholarships to get big increase |url= https://www.abqjournal.com/1173844/nm-lottery-scholarship-gets-boost-for-2018-19.html |newspaper=Albuquerque Journal |date= May 18, 2018 |access-date= June 27, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180627115723/https://www.abqjournal.com/1173844/nm-lottery-scholarship-gets-boost-for-2018-19.html |archive-date= June 27, 2018 |url-status= live }}</ref>
The scholarship is available to residents who graduated from a state high school, and attend a state university full-time while maintaining a 2.5 GPA or higher.<ref>{{cite web |title=Legislative Lottery Scholarship Program |url=http://www.hed.state.nm.us/students/lotteryscholarship.aspx |website=www.hed.state.nm.us |publisher=New Mexico Higher Education Department |access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627144328/http://www.hed.state.nm.us/students/lotteryscholarship.aspx |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> It covered 100% of tuition when it was first instated in 1996,<ref name="Bryan-2018a">{{cite news |last1=Montoya Bryan |first1=Susan |title=Changes made in lottery scholarship system |url=https://www.abqjournal.com/1143417/new-mexico-changes-system-for-state-lottery-scholarships.html |newspaper=Albuquerque Journal |agency=Associated Press |access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627115725/https://www.abqjournal.com/1143417/new-mexico-changes-system-for-state-lottery-scholarships.html |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> decreased to 90%, then dropped to 60% in 2017.<ref name="Bryan-2018b" /> The value slightly increased in 2018, and new legislation was passed to outline what funds are available per type of institution.<ref name="Bryan-2018a" />