299 D.C. students get private school scholarships

Nearly 300 D.C. kids have been awarded scholarships by the Children and Youth Investment Trust Corp., the quasi city agency that doles out city grants to local non-profits.

The trust announced this week that 299 children are getting new scholarships for the 2012-13 school year through the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program. The program gives federally funded scholarships to young people from low-income families who attend participating private schools in the District.