Hathaway student scholarship program.

WORKING DRAFT
2013
STATE OF
WYOMING
13LSO-0495

HOUSE BILL
NO.

HB0166

Hathaway student scholarship program.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Harshman, Teeters and Wallis and Senator(s) Landen and Perkins

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
the Hathaway student scholarship program; increasing scholarship awards as specified;
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(a)(
i
)(A), (ii)(A)
and
(iii)(A), 21
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16
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1305(a)(
i
)(A) and 21
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16
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1306(a)
(
i
)(B)(II) and (C)
are 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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16
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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)

Eight hundred forty dollars ($840.00)
per semester at an eligible institution if enrolled for twelve (12) or more semester hours;

(ii)

With a minimum cumulative high school GPA of 3.0 and a composite ACT score of at least twenty-one (21), a Hathaway performance scholarship for:

(A)

One thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.00)

One thousand two hundred sixty dollars ($1,260.00)
per semester at an eligible institution if enrolled for twelve (12) or more semester hours;

(iii)

With a minimum cumulative high school GPA of 3.5 and a composite ACT score of at least twenty-five (25), a Hathaway honor scholarship for:

(A)

One thousand six hundred dollars ($1,600.00)

One thousand six hundred eighty dollars ($1,680.00)
per semester at an eligible institution if enrolled for twelve (12) or more semester hours;

21
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16
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1305.

Hathaway provisional opportunity scholarships.

(a)

Any student who meets the criteria under W.S. 21
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16
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1303 is eligible to receive a Hathaway provisional opportunity scholarship to pursue a certificate or degree as follows:

(
i
)

With a minimum cumulative high school GPA of 2.50 and either a composite ACT score of at least seventeen (17) or a cumulative score of at least twelve (12) points on applied math, reading for information and locating information on WORKKEYS tests, a scholarship for:

(A)

Eight hundred dollars ($800.00)

Eight hundred forty dollars ($840.00)
per semester at a
Wyoming
community college if enrolled for twelve (12) or more semester hours;

21
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16
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1306.

Need based scholarships.

(a)

In addition to scholarships made available under W.S. 21
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16
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1304 and 21
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16
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1305 there shall be made available a need based Hathaway scholarship as follows:

(
i
)

The scholarship shall be available only to students qualifying for a scholarship under W.S. 21
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1304 or 21
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1305 and for federal financial aid. The scholarships under this section shall be computed and awarded as follows:

(B)

If the student has annual unmet financial need greater than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00):

(II)

If a student is eligible for a scholarship under this article but does not qualify under subdivision (I) of this subparagraph – an award equal to
twenty-five percent (25%)

twenty-six and twenty-five hundredths percent (26.25%)
of the annual unmet financial need in excess of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), but not to exceed
one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00)

one
thousand five hundred seventy-five dollars ($1,575.00)
per year.

(C)

A student qualifying for any award under this section shall receive a minimum amount of
one hundred dollars ($100.00)

one hundred five dollars ($105.00)
for each semester of qualification. One-half (1/2) of the annual award amount under this section shall be provided to the student at each semester of qualification.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2013.

(END)

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