eligible students in the Promise Zone. After the first two years, the Promise Zone can begin to capture one-half of the growth in the State Education Tax (SET) to support funding for scholarships.

To fulfill the requirements in current law and also provide for increased access to higher educational opportunities, SB 312 would do the following: • Allow Promise Zones to pay for additional college-related expenses; • Allow the Promise Zone Authority to establish minimum payment amounts, dependent upon the financial resources available; • Allow a regional Promise Zone, such as Muskegon ISD, to elect to operate within a subset of its constituent school districts; • Allow the Promise Zone Authority to attach reasonable, college-success-related requirements to their scholarships; and • Provide greater flexibility to Promise Zones in resettingLions legend Sir Ian McGeechan has welcomed the prospect of the British & Irish Lions possibly naming a tour captain and then a skipper for the eagerly-anticipated clash with Australia next year.

Lions boss Warren Gatland raised the prospect of the ground-breaking move earlier this week by insisting he would pick the best players for their showdown with the Wallabies and then the captain with form in the lead up to the three-match series and not reputation the deciding factor.

It is not a concept that McGeechan officially adopted during any of the four tours where he acted as head coach but he believes the likely abundance of proven leaders set to be at Gatland's disposal makes it a logical step to take with the likes of Wales captain Sam