Hathaway scholarship-application deadline extension.

2017
STATE OF WYOMING
17LSO-0680
Introduced
1.2

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0277

Hathaway scholarship-application deadline extension.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Henderson, Northrup, Paxton and Sommers

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the Hathaway scholarship program; extending the deadline to apply for the scholarship; 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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1303(
b)(iii)(B)
and 21
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16
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1308(b)(iv)
(A) are
amended to read:

21
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16
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1303
.

Hathaway
scholarship program; eligibility requirements.

(b)

Under the Hathaway scholarship program, subject to availability of funds as determined by the legislature, the state shall provide a scholarship pursuant to 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 to any student who has been accepted by and enrolls in an eligible institution to pursue a degree or certificate, and who meets the following qualifications:

(iii)

The student has:

(B)

Applied for a scholarship under this article within
two (2)
four (4)
years of the date of high school graduation, or is otherwise eligible under rules promulgated pursuant to W.S. 21
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16
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1308(b)(iii) and (iv). The department shall by rule and regulation establish exceptions to the requirement of this subparagraph for military service, religious service and other good cause shown; and

21
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16
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1308
.

Administration
; rules and regulations.

(b)

The department shall, in consultation with University of Wyoming and community college admissions officers, the Wyoming community college commission and financial aid officers and school districts, promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this article, including:

(iv)

Criteria
and procedures under which students who receive a high school equivalency certificate can qualify for scholarships under this article. A student receiving a high school equivalency certificate shall:

(A)

Receive the certificate and make application for the initial scholarship no later than
two (2)
four
(4)
years after and no sooner than the graduation date of the student's high school class, unless ordered by a court to complete the requirements for the certificate prior to that graduation date or for other good cause shown as determined by the department. For purposes of making application prior to the graduation date of the student's class, "other good cause" shall include, but is not limited to, a showing by the student that the student has been
emancipated under W.S. 14
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1
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201 through 14
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1
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206 or that the student is a parent or a legal guardian of a minor. The student shall have attended an eligible high school prior to receiving his certificate and shall have received his certificate while residing in Wyoming;

Section

2
.

This
act is effective
immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

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