Higher education-civic service programs.

WORKING DRAFT
2012
STATE OF
WYOMING
12LSO-0007

SENATE FILE
NO.
SF0098

Higher education
-civic service
programs
.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Nicholas, P., Bebout, Coe and Rothfuss and Representative(s) Berger and Connolly

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
higher education; requiring implementation of a day of student civic service by institutions of higher
education;
requiring civic service for
continuation of
Hathaway
scholarships;

providing for loss and reinstatement of Hathaway scholarships accordingly;
and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.
W.S.
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01

is created to read:

ARTICLE 17
HIGHER EDUCATION CIVIC SERVICE PROGRAMS

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Wyoming
civic service days
.

The
University
of
Wyoming

and each
Wyoming
community college
shall establish one (1) or more
Wyoming
civic service days to encourage students to perform charitable or public service
on the campuses of the institutions or elsewhere
in
Wyoming
. The
civic service days
shall
take place on Saturdays,
each
day

to
last at least six (6) hours and shall commence
in the
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academic year.
The students who participate in the
civic service days
may be high school, community college or university students.

Section 2.
W.S.
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1301(a)
by creating a new paragraph
(x
x
)
,

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(
c
)
(intro)
,
(ii)
,
by creating a new paragraph (iv)
,
(f)(ii
i
) and by creating a new paragraph (iv)

and 21-16-1305(b)(intro)
, (ii)
,

by creating a new paragraph (iv)
,
(d)(iii) and by creating a new paragraph (iv)

are amended to read:

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1301.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this article:

(
x
x
)

"
Performance of c
ivic service" means completing at least twelve (12) hours of unpaid civic service in the academic semester immediately preceding continuation of a scholarship.

"
Civic service
"
shall include
work
provided to a
nonprofit or
government organization
for charitable or public benefit purposes
and may include programs, class activities and services sponsored by an eligible institution which are not for credit
n
or part of an academic, vocational-technical or continuing education program
.

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1304.

Hathaway opportunity, performance and honor scholarships.

(c)

To remain eligible for the scholarship under this section, the student shall

meet all of the following
:

(ii)

Except as provided in W.S. 21
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1303(f) and subsection (f) of this section, maintain continuous enrollment for not less than two (2) semesters in each successive academic year. The department shall by rule and regulation establish exceptions to the requirement of this paragraph for military service, religious service and other good cause shown;

and

(i
v
)

Commencing with the 2013 spring semester,
demonstrate
performance of civic service
as determined by the eligible institution at which the student is enrolled
.

(f)

If a student is otherwise eligible under this article and neither the applicable number of full-time equivalent semesters nor the maximum scholarship eligibility time period specified under subsection (b) of this section and W.S. 21
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1303(d), including semesters for which a scholarship was not received, has been reached, a scholarship under this section which is lost may be reinstated if the student meets the applicable requirements imposed by this subsection and successfully completes courses at an eligible institution in a summer school session or an academic term occurring during the period the scholarship is lost. A lost scholarship shall be reinstated in the first academic term following the academic term or summer school session during which the student:

(iii)

For a scholarship lost for failure to meet the requirements of

paragraph
(c)(ii) of this section, enrolls and completes one (1) academic term as a full-time or part-time student, whichever is applicable, occurring during the period in which the scholarship is lost
;
.

or

(iv)

Completes performance of civic service for a scholarship lost for failure to meet the requirements of
paragraph
(c)(iv) of this section.

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1305.

Hathaway provisional opportunity scholarships.

(b)

To remain eligible for the scholarship award under this section, the student shall

meet all of the following
:

(ii)

Except as provided by W.S. 21
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1303(f) and subsection (d) of this section, maintain continuous enrollment for not less than two (2) semesters in each successive academic year. The department shall by rule and regulation establish exceptions to the requirement of this paragraph for military service, religious service and other good cause shown;
a
nd

(i
v
)

Commencing with the 2013 spring semester,
demonstrate
performance of civic service
as determined by the eligible institution at which the student is enrolled
.

(d)

If a student is otherwise eligible under this article and neither the applicable number of full-time equivalent semesters nor the maximum scholarship eligibility time period specified under paragraph (a)(ii) of this section and W.S. 21
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1303(d), including semesters for which a scholarship was not received, has been reached, a scholarship under this section which is lost may be reinstated if the student meets the applicable requirements imposed by this subsection and successfully completes courses at an eligible institution in a summer school session or an academic term occurring during the period the scholarship is lost. A lost scholarship shall be reinstated in the first academic term following the academic term or summer school session during which the student:

(iii)

For a scholarship lost for failure to meet the requirements of paragraph (b)(ii) of this section, enrolls and completes one (1) academic term as a full-time or part-time student, whichever is applicable, occurring during the period in which the scholarship is lost
;
.

or

(iv)

Completes performance of civic service for a scholarship lost for failure to meet the requirements of
paragraph
(
b
)(iv) of this section.

Section 3.
This act is effective July 1, 2012.

(END)

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