DENVER (AP) -- The state's ethics commission has ruled that the children of government workers can still receive scholarships under the strict ethics law passed by voters.

Amendment 41 bans lawmakers, government workers and their immediate family from accepting gifts worth more than $50. Following its passage in 2006, there was disagreement over whether it would prevent their children from accepting scholarships.

The ethics commission created under Amendment 41 published a position statement Tuesday that says scholarships shouldn't be considered as gifts. But two members of the five-person panel disagreed and issued a dissenting opinion on that part of the ruling.

Jane Feldman, the commission's executive director, says courts usually will consider the majority opinion in issuing a ruling on the law.

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