Hathaway fallen first responder scholarship.

23LSO-0630
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0630
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0201

Hathaway fallen first responder scholarship.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Northrup, Clouston and Crago and Senator(s) Baldwin and Rothfuss

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the Hathaway scholarship program; creating the Hathaway fallen first responder scholarship; modifying scholarship eligibility requirements as specified; making conforming amendments; 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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1303(c) and 21
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1304(c)(iii)(A), (h)(intro), (i) and by creating a new subsection (j) are amended to read:

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1303.

Hathaway scholarship program; eligibility requirements.

(c)

Notwithstanding W.S. 21
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l301(a)(viii), students who are Wyoming residents and graduates of an out
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of
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state high school shall be deemed to have graduated from an eligible high school for the purpose of qualifying under this article.

Notwithstanding W.S. 21
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1301(a)(viii) or paragraph (b)(i) of this section, a student whose custodial parent or guardian is in active military service and maintains Wyoming as that parent's or guardian's state of domicile is deemed to be a Wyoming resident and if a high school graduate of a high school outside of Wyoming accredited by the appropriate regional accrediting

agency shall be deemed to have graduated from an eligible high school for the purpose of qualifying under this article.
Notwithstanding W.S. 21
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1301(a)(viii) or paragraph (b)(i) of this section, a student whose custodial parent or guardian was killed in the line of duty while acting as a first responder, as defined under W.S. 27
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102(a)(xxxi), and the parent or guardian was a Wyoming resident at the time of the parent or guardian's death and if the student is a high school graduate of a high school outside of Wyoming accredited by the appropriate regional accrediting agency, the student shall be deemed to have graduated from an eligible high school for the purpose of qualifying under this article.

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1304.

Hathaway opportunity, performance, honor and fallen first responder scholarships.

(c)

To remain eligible for the scholarship under this section, the student shall:

(iii)

Maintain a cumulative grade point average as evaluated at the end of each spring academic term as follows:

(A)

For Hathaway opportunity
and fallen first responder

scholarships, at least a 2.25 GPA;

(h)

Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a)(i)(B), (ii)(B)
,

and
(iii)(B)
and (j)(i)(B)
of this section, the applicable scholarship amount awarded to any eligible student may be available to that student, upon election, for enrollment in up to six (6) semester hours during any summer academic term or other academic term offered by an eligible institution outside of the regular fall or spring semester, subject to the following:

(i)

The amount provided under subparagraph (a)(i)(A), (ii)(A)
,

or
(iii)(A)
or (j)(i)(A)
of this section, as applicable, for enrollment in up to six (6) hours during any summer term or other academic term offered by an eligible institution shall be available in an amount equal to the proportion of the per semester scholarship amount that the number of semester hours enrolled bears to twelve (12);

(j)

Any student whose custodial parent or guardian was killed in the line of duty while acting as a first responder, as defined under W.S. 27
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102(a)(xxxi), and the parent or guardian was a Wyoming resident at the time of their death, and if the student is a graduate of a Wyoming high school or a high school outside of Wyoming accredited by the appropriate regional accrediting agency, 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, a Hathaway fallen first responder scholarship for:

(A)

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

(B)

The amount provided under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph times a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of hours for which the student is enrolled and the denominator is twelve (12), if enrolled at an eligible institution for at least six (6) and less than twelve (12) semester hours.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2023
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(END)

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