OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A state senator plans legislation that would pay two years of tuition for high school graduates to attend Oklahoma colleges and universities.

Poteau state Senator Kenneth Corn said yesterday one of the state's greatest impediments to economic growth is a lack of college graduates. Corn says many Oklahoma families simply can't afford college tuition.

The Second Century Promise Act would enable students ineligible for scholarships under the state's Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program to obtain scholarships for the first two years of college.

It would be open to any graduating senior who has completed college prepatory course work with a 2.0 grade-point average whose family makes less than $50,000 in taxable income.

The existing program program requires a 2.5 grade point average.