Every year, all sorts of attention goes to top high school athletes as they commit to play for colleges all around the country.

Tampa state Rep. Betty Reed thinks high-achieving students should get similar attention.

So Reed has filed a bill for the 2010 Florida legislative session that would encourage school districts to hold academic scholarship signing days on the third Tuesday of each April.

"It's a way to motivate the students," Michael Kinsey, Reed's legislative assistant, told the Gradebook. "Maybe if they see folks are making a big deal about doing well in school, they will try harder to do well in school."