The following 12 states have set up broad, merit-based financial-aid programs, according to a recent study by researchers at Harvard University.
| STATE (year the program took effect) | |||
| Alaska | (1999) | Mississippi | (1996) |
| Florida | (1997) | Missouri | (1997) |
| Georgia | (1993) | Nevada | (2000) |
| Kentucky | (1999) | New Mexico | (1997) |
| Louisiana | (1998) | South Carolina | (1998) |
| Michigan | (2000) | West Virginia | (2002) |
SOURCE: Harvard University, Civil Rights Project, “Who Should We Help? The Negative Social Consequences of Merit Scholarships,” August 2002
