Hathaway student scholarship program-award increase.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE
FILE

NO.
0055

ENROLLED ACT NO. 59, SENATE

SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2014 BUDGET SESSION

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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1306(a)(i)(B)(II) and (C) are amended to read:

21
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16
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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 ($8
4
0.00)
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 t
wo
hundred
sixty
dollars ($1,
26
0.00)
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,
68
0.00)
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 ($8
4
0.00)
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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16
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1304
or 21
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16
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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%)

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 ($1
05
.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, 2014.

(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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