The Promise Scholarship Ad-Hoc Advisory Committee writes in a draft report that raising standards for the merit-based scholarship would exclude more low-income students.

They believe a cap would be a better alternative.

Students must have at least a 3.0 grade average to receive a PROMISE scholarship.

If the proposed cap is adopted, PROMISE would no longer pay full tuition at some colleges where these costs exceed $4,500.

That would include West Virginia University and Marshall University.

The report says PROMISE has "moderately increased" the state's college-going rate.

Recipients have higher GPAs and four-year graduation rates than other students.