Launched in 2005 by WKKF, the Legacy Scholars program, a need-based scholarship to help more students access higher education and career technical training, received a major upgrade in year five of the transformation to ensure even more students can benefit from it.
Under the new design, students who receive need-based financial aid can now use Legacy Scholars funds to cover the cost of tuition and books (whereas in the past, these students were not able to access funds). With these changes, 56 more BCPS students applied for the scholarship than the previous year —  the most applicants ever.