A task force on college affordability has made more than a dozen

recommendations to Governor Steve Beshear. The panel concluded

Kentucky should put at least 64 million dollars more per year into need

based student financial aid. Some key recommendations were to

change criteria for students to receive Kentucky Educational

Excellence Scholarships and to provide more financial aid to part-time

and non-traditional college students. In a statement Governor Beshear

said the state has a bleak budget outlook in the next two years.

He did not indicate whether he would back any of the recommendations in the next legislative session.