Pat Taylor?s legacy
 

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Amid the hoopla over state funding for the beloved TOPS college scholarship program, it?s worth remembering how ? and why ? the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students got started in the first place. Spoiler alert: It was never intended to be an entitlement for families of means.

The brainchild of billionaire oilman Patrick F. Taylor, TOPS was enacted into state law in 1989.?