The new “Freedom Scholarships” authorized by this year’s legislature will give students more options for higher education.

Marc Long, President of Mount Marty University in Yankton, says students can choose from public or private institutions…

Long says details of the individual scholarships are still being worked out..

The scholarships are funded with a one hundred-million-dollar donation from T. Denny Sanford, along with fifty million dollars from the state and another fifty million in other donations.