Entrepreneurs and college students will no longer be the only ones cashing in on the Rhode Island Business Plan Competition.

Organizers of the competition announced Monday that a high school track will be added to next year's contest. The competition awards about $150,000 in cash prizes each year to the best plans for starting businesses in Rhode Island.

Rhode Island high school students are allowed to compete for the $1,000 high school prize, which will be awarded for the first time this May...

...The high school track is being added next year because at least one high school student expressed interest in entering the competition, said Competition Co-chair and Garrett Hunter '60, president of the Business Development Company of Rhode Island and a former Herald business staffer.