Hathaway student scholarship program.

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ORIGINAL SENATE
FILE

NO.
0101

ENROLLED ACT NO. 63, SENATE

SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2011 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
the Hathaway student scholarship program; authorizing extension of community college attendance under specified scholarships; specifying application;

requiring a report;
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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16
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1304(b)
and by creating a new subsection (g)
is amended to read:

21
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16
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1304.

Hathaway opportunity, performance and honor scholarships.

(b)

Scholarships under this section shall be for a maximum of the equivalent of eight (8) full-time semesters.
Except as specified under subsection (
g
) of this section, 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.

(
g
)

Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, a
scholarship
received
under this section for attendance at a Wyoming community college for four (4) full-time semesters may be extended
for continued attendance at a
Wyoming
community college
by a student who otherwise remains eligible for that scholarship under this article
, and

that
student
h
as
earned
a certificate or degree from a
Wyoming
community college
or has otherwise successfully completed sufficient courses
for eligibility
to
enroll in
courses within a program
offered by a
Wyoming
community college which
lead
s
to a professional degree
. A scholarship extended under this subsection shall not exceed the maximum equivalent of eight (8) full-time semesters when combined with the four (4) full-time semesters of initial community college attendance under the scholarship
and shall not support enrollment in coursework at an institution other than a
Wyoming
community college or the
University
of
Wyoming
.

Section 2.

Any student receiving an opportunity, performance or honor scholarship whose initial year of eligibility as determined under W.S. 21
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16
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1303(d) occurred prior to the fall semester of the 2011
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2012 academic year shall, for the 2011
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2012 academic year and each academic year thereafter for which the student maintains scholarship eligibility under W.S. 21
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16
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1301 through 21
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16
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1310, be entitled to extend community college attendance under his scholarship in accordance with this act.

Section 3.

(a)

On or before November 1, 2011, the
University
of
Wyoming
and the
Wyoming
community college commission, in consultation with each
Wyoming
community college, shall report to the joint education interim committee and to the joint appropriations interim committee on the following with respect to students awarded Hathaway scholarships:

(i)

Standardization of remediation requirements for
Wyoming
high school graduates awarded a Hathaway student scholarship and enrolling in the university or a community college;

(ii)

Recommendations for improving student completion data, both for degrees and certificates, including comparisons between Hathaway scholarship recipients and the general student population, and improvement targets for all student completion and retention rates;

(iii)

Description of support services available to students requiring remediation, together with data on program effectiveness, and recommendations for improvement.

Section
4
.

This act is effective
July 1, 2011.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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