Hathaway need-based scholarships-graduate school.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on enforcement or monitoring mechanisms.

Hathaway Need-Based Scholarships for Graduate School

The bill limits the amount of need-based Hathaway scholarships that graduate students can receive.

What This Bill Does

• Limits the maximum award for need-based Hathaway scholarships for graduate school to the University of Wyoming's undergraduate cost of attendance minus $2,000.

Who It Names or Affects

• Graduate students who receive need-based Hathaway scholarships.

Terms To Know

Hathaway Scholarship

A scholarship program in Wyoming that provides financial aid to eligible undergraduate and graduate students.

Need-Based Scholarship

Financial assistance given based on a student's demonstrated financial need.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how the limit will be enforced or monitored.
• It only affects need-based scholarships and does not address merit-based ones.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 20LSO-0243
Bill No.:

SF0017

Effective:

7/1/2022 12:00:00 AM

LSO No.:

20LSO-0243

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0022

Chapter No.:

40

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Education Interim Committee

Catch Title:

Hathaway need-based scholarships-graduate school.

Subject:

Hathaway need-based scholarships for graduate students.

Summary/Major Elements:

Under current law, Hathaway Scholarship recipients, under certain circumstances, may use their
merit based
Hathaway Scholarship for graduate school. The
merit based
scholarships provide a statutorily established award to students each semester. Graduate students who can use their
merit based
Hathaway Scholarship may also qualify for the need based Hathaway Scholarship, which provides additional funding for the recipient.

For Hathaway Honor Scholarship recipients, the
need based
award is calculated as the student's unmet financial need exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). The bill creates a maximum limit for need based awards for graduate school students. The new limit is the undergraduate cost of attendance at the University of Wyoming minus two thousand dollars ($2,000.00).

Comments:

This act is effective July 1, 2022.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

20LSO-0243

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
.
SF0017

ENROLLED ACT NO. 22,

SENATE

SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2020 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to the Hathaway scholarship program; limiting Hathaway need-based scholarships for graduate school; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 21
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1306(a)(i) by creating a new subparagraph (D) is amended to read:

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1306.

Need based scholarships.

(a)

In addition to scholarships made available under W.S. 21
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1304 and 21
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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:

(D)

For a student enrolled in a graduate degree program, an annual award provided under this section shall not exceed the University of Wyoming's undergraduate cost of attendance for the applicable year less two thousand dollars ($2,000.00).

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2022
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