For years, the state Senate promoted and protected the free UNC tuition taxpayers grant graduates of the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics.

Kay Hagan, a former state senator from Greensboro who is now in the U.S. Senate, was the free tuition creator and champion, Lynn Bonner reports.

But it looks like the Science and Math grads' free ride may not survive Hagan's move to Washington, Lynn Bonner reports.

The tuition offer is on the chopping block.

The Senate's proposed budget calls for phasing out the tuition offer, making this year's graduates the last to benefit. Science and Math is a state-run boarding school based in Durham for students from around the state.

More after the jump.

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