Hathaway scholarship eligibility.

2018
STATE OF WYOMING
18LSO-0214
ENGROSSED
2.1

SENATE FILE

NO.
SF0087

Hathaway scholarship eligibility.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Kinskey, Bebout, Coe and Hicks and Representative(s) Greear, Madden, Miller, Sommers and Sweeney

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to higher education; providing that a prescribed career-technical aptitude assessment score may be used to satisfy a requirement for Hathaway scholarship eligibility; revising terminology related to the career-technical aptitude assessment; providing that three (3) consecutive years of instruction in an elective pathway are required for the success curriculum for honors and performance Hathaway scholarships; repealing conflicting provisions; specifying applicability; 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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1301(a)(xix), 21
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1303(b)(iii)(C),

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1304(a)(
i)(
intro)
, (ii)(intro)
and
(iii)(intro),
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1305(a)(i)(intro),

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1307(b) by creating a new paragraph (vii)
and (g) and 21
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1308(b)(iii)(C), (c)(ii) and (vii)

are amended to read:

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1301
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Definitions.

(a)

As used in this article:

(xix)

"
WORKKEYS SCORE
Career
‑
technical aptitude assessment
" means qualifying scores on
the WORKKEYS job skills assessment test
an assessment measuring fundamental workplace skills
. In the event the
WORKKEYS job skills
current career
‑
technical aptitude
assessment test is superseded, becomes too expensive to administer or goes out of general use, the department shall specify by rule and regulation a replacement
career
‑
technical aptitude assessment
test to be used;

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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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1304 and 21
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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:

(C)

The minimum high school cumulative grade point average and minimum score, as determined through an equi
‑
percentile linking method, on a college entrance examination administered throughout the United States and relied upon by institutions of higher education to determine acceptance of students for attendance or minimum cumulative
WORKKEYS
career
‑
technical aptitude assessment
score specified under this article for the type of scholarship to be awarded.

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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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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 score equal to or greater than the 2015
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2016 national percentile rank of forty
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three (43) on a college entrance examination administered throughout the United States and relied upon by institutions of higher education to determine acceptance of students for attendance,
or a

career
‑
technical aptitude assessment
score
that is determined
by the department
to be equivalent to the minimum national percentile rank on a college entrance examination as required under this paragraph
,

a Hathaway opportunity scholarship for:

(ii)

With a minimum cumulative high school GPA of 3.0 and a score equal to or greater than the 2015
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2016 national percentile rank of fifty
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six (56) on a college entrance examination administered throughout the United States and relied upon by institutions of higher education to determine acceptance of students for attendance,
or a
career
‑
technical aptitude assessment
score that is
determined by the department to be equivalent to the minimum national percentile rank on a college entrance examination as required under this paragraph,

a Hathaway performance scholarship for:

(iii)

With a minimum cumulative high school GPA of 3.5 and a score equal to or greater than the 2015
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2016 national percentile rank of seventy
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nine (79) on an examination administered throughout the United States and relied upon by institutions of higher education to determine acceptance of students for attendance,
or a
career
‑
technical aptitude assessment
score that is determined by the department to be equivalent to the minimum national percentile rank on a college entrance examination as required under this paragraph,

a Hathaway honor scholarship for:

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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 score equal to or greater than the 2015
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2016 national percentile rank of thirty (30) on a college entrance examination administered throughout the United States and relied upon by institutions of higher education to determine acceptance of students for attendance or a cumulative score of at least twelve (12) points on applied math, reading for information and locating information on
WORKKEYS tests
career
‑
technical aptitude assessments
, a scholarship for:

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1307
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Success curriculum; test standards.

(b)

The success curriculum required to qualify for honor or performance scholarship eligibility under this article for students graduating from high school in the 2018
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2019 school year and each school year thereafter shall be as follows:

(vii)

Elective
pathway – three (3) years of
any
one (1) of the following:

(A)

Fine and performing arts –

instruction in fine and performing arts, all
three (3)
of which shall be taken in grades
nine (9) through twelve (12);

(B)

Career–vocational education –instruction in career
‑
vocational education, all
three (3)
of which shall be taken in grades nine (9) t
hrough twelve (12)
and shall be sequenced in the same
program
area
;
or

(C)

Foreign language –
instruction in
foreign language
, all three (3) of which shall be
taken in grades nine (9) through twelve (12)
and
provided that at least two (2) of the years shall be sequenced in the same foreign language. Instruction in the native language of the Eastern Shoshone or the Northern Arapaho
Indian tribes
, or instruction in American sign language may be taken in fulfillment of this subparagraph.

(g)

In each odd
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numbered year, the department, in consultation with the University of Wyoming, Wyoming
community colleges and the community college commission, shall report to the governor and the joint education interim committee of the legislature on recommendations for modifications to the success curriculum requirements, minimum cumulative GPA and minimum national percentile rank scores or minimum cumulative
WORKKEYS
career
‑
technical aptitude assessment
scores contained in this article and recommendations for the adoption of statewide student assessment standards and scores to augment qualifying national percentile rankings or
WORKKEYS
career
‑
technical aptitude assessment
scores, all to ensure that the Hathaway scholarship program is designed to provide the desired incentives for students to pursue a rigorous curriculum and strive to achieve academic success. The report shall also include any additional resources which school districts, particularly those school districts granted exemptions for students under paragraph (f)(ii) of this section, may require
to provide
the success curriculum. The cumulative GPA requirements for performance under the success curriculum shall not be restricted to those courses comprising the success curriculum, but shall be applied comprehensively to all courses included within each scholarship student's high school curriculum.

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1308
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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:

(iii)

Criteria and procedures under which students in a home
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based educational program can qualify for scholarships under this article. A student in a home
‑
based educational program:

(C)

Who is otherwise eligible and who achieves the requisite minimum national percentile rank score or requisite cumulative
WORKKEYS
career
‑
technical aptitude assessment
score shall be eligible for the scholarships provided under this article at the same level and to the same extent as students graduating from eligible high schools.

(c)

The department shall establish annual reporting procedures for purposes of policy analysis and program evaluation and providing accurate data to the legislature and governor relative to the program's impact on the state and on students. In developing the annual reporting
procedure
the department shall consult with the University of Wyoming and community college financial aid officers and registrars or their designees. It is the intention of the legislature that the reporting system and the requirements thereof shall be applicable to all recipients of scholarships under this article. Compliance with this section shall be made a condition of receiving a scholarship under this article. For any student attending more than one (1) eligible institution, the home institution shall be responsible for data reporting for that student, and any other eligible institution shall cooperate as necessary with the home institution to fulfill that duty. The reporting system shall include the following information:

(ii)

Scholarships by students as they progress from semester to semester or other equivalent periods of time as may be applicable once enrolled at an eligible
institution. The data shall be reported by institution attended, by the instructional program, and by scholarship category and shall include the percent of students losing scholarship eligibility due to not earning the minimum number of credit hours, the percent of students losing scholarship eligibility due to not having the required cumulative grade point average, the percent of students losing scholarship eligibility for failing to make satisfactory academic progress and the percentage of students losing scholarship eligibility for failing to enroll. The same information shall also be reported by categories showing those students qualifying through
WORKKEYS
career
‑
technical aptitude assessment
scores and scores on high school equivalency certification, and by the group of students who attended a home
‑
based educational program and did not graduate from an eligible high school;

(vii)

Statistical studies on the relationship between the courses taken and grades earned by a high school student and the student's score associated with the 2015
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2016 national percentile rankings, on an examination administered throughout the United States and relied upon by institutions of higher education to determine acceptance
of students for attendance or score on the
WORKKEYS test
career
‑
technical aptitude assessment
. Relative to public high schools, such statistical studies shall use student course and grade data that is otherwise available from the schools and such studies shall be conducted at no additional cost to the governing authority of any public high school;

Section 2
.

W.S. 21
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1307(b)(v) and (vi) is repealed.

Section 3
.

The amendments to Hathaway
scholarship
eligibility under sections 1 and 2 of this act shall apply to
high school graduates
graduating in

school year 2018
‑
2019 and
continuing
each school year thereafter.

Section
4
.

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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