Hathaway scholarship-college attendance.

WORKING DRAFT
2011
STATE OF
WYOMING
11LSO-0263.E1

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0214

Hathaway scholarship-college attendance.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Buchanan, Blake, Bonner, Craft, Harshman and Shepperson and Senator(s) Coe and Meier

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
education;
limiting
eligibility for
Hathaway
opportunity
scholarships t
o attendance at
a community college
as specified
;
specifying applicability;
modifying reporting requirements;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 21
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1304(a)(i)
(A), (B)
,
(
b
)
and (d)

and by creating new subsection
s
(g)
and (h)

is
amended to read:

21
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1304.

Hathaway opportunity, performance and honor scholarships.

(a)

Any student who meets the criteria under W.S. 21
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1303 is eligible to receive a scholarship to pursue a degree or certificate as follows:

(i)

With a minimum cumulative high school GPA of 2.50 and a composite ACT score of at least nineteen (19), a Hathaway opportunity scholarship for:

(A)

Eight hundred dollars ($800.00) per semester at an eligible institution
as provided in subsection (
b
) of this section

if enrolled for twelve (12) or more semester hours;

(B)

The amount provided under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph times a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of hours for which the student is enrolled and the denominator is twelve (12), if enrolled at an eligible institution
as provided in subsection (
b
) of this section

for at least six (6) and less than twelve (12) semester hours.

(b)

Scholarships under this section shall be for a maximum of the equivalent of eight (8) full-time semesters. A scholarship under this section shall be available for attendance at a
Wyoming
community college for not more than a maximum of the equivalent of four (4) full-time semesters.

An opportunity scholarship shall be available only for attendance at a
Wyoming
community college from initial eligibility for the scholarship until the student has
successfully
completed at least
thirty
(
30
) semester
hours at a
n eligible institution.

(d)

A student receiving a Hathaway honor scholarship or a Hathaway performance scholarship who fails to meet the GPA requirements of subsection (c) of this section necessary to maintain that scholarship may be awarded a Hathaway opportunity scholarship for attendance at an appropriate eligible institution if he meets the requirements necessary to maintain that scholarship
.
As used in this subsection "appropriate eligible institution" means a Wyoming community college until the student has successfully completed at least thirty (30) semester hours
, except that if the student was enrolled at the university at the time he failed to meet the GPA requirements "appropriate eligible institution" shall
include
the university and a Wyoming community college.

(g)

An opportunity scholarship reinstated pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall be available only for attendance at a
Wyoming
community college until the student has successfully completed at least thirty (30) semester hours.

(h)

Any student who meets the criteria under W.S. 21
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1303 and is eligible to receive a Hathaway opportunity scholarship under paragraph (a)(i) or subsection (d) of this section shall be eligible to use that scholarship at the
University
of
Wyoming
as provided in this subsection. Once admitted to the
University
of
Wyoming
under this subsection, an eligible student shall not be required to enroll at the community college if he continues to meet all applicable requirements of this article. Any student who meets the criteria under W.S. 21
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1303 and is eligible to receive a Hathaway opportunity scholarship under paragraph (a)(i) or subsection (d) of this section shall be eligible to use that scholarship at the University of Wyoming if:

(i)

The
registrar of records at the community college in the closest geographic proximity to the eligible student's residence certifies that the eligible student is not able to enroll in two (2) or more prerequisite classes necessary for completion of his declared major because there are no seats available in the prerequisite classes offered at the community college during the subsequent semester;

(ii)

The eligible student is admitted to the
University
of
Wyoming
and enrolls in one (1) or more of the prerequisite classes he was unable to enroll in at the community college.

Section 2.

This act shall be applicable to Hathaway
opportunity
scholarship
s awarded for the 2012-2013 school year and thereafter
.

Section 3.

(a)

Commencing with the 2016 report, the department of education shall include in its annual report under W.S. 21
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1308(c):

(i)

An analysis of the effects of the provisions of this act on retention and persistence rates of Hathaway program participants;

(ii)

Recommendations regarding legislation to further the purposes of increasing retention and persistence rates for Hathaway program participants.

Section
4
.

This act is effective July 1, 2011.

(END)

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