Increase of Hathaway scholarship awards.

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ORIGINAL Senate

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SF0047

ENROLLED ACT NO. 4,

SENATE

SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2026 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to increasing the Hathaway scholarship program awards; 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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1304(a)(i)(A), (ii)(A) and (iii)(A), 21
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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:

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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, a Hathaway opportunity scholarship for:

(A)

Eight hundred forty dollars ($840.00)
One thousand one hundred eighty dollars ($1,180.00)
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 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, a Hathaway performance scholarship for:

(A)

One thousand two hundred sixty dollars ($1,260.00)
One thousand seven hundred seventy dollars ($1,770.00)
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 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, a Hathaway honor scholarship for:

(A)

One thousand six hundred eighty dollars ($1,680.00)
Two thousand three hundred sixty dollars ($2,360.00)
per semester at an eligible institution if enrolled for twelve (12) or more semester hours;

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1305.

Hathaway provisional opportunity scholarships.

(a)

Any student who meets the criteria under W.S. 21
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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 qualifying cumulative score on a career
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technical aptitude test as determined by the department, a scholarship for:

(A)

Eight hundred forty dollars ($840.00)
One thousand one hundred eighty dollars ($1,180.00)
per semester at a Wyoming community college if enrolled for twelve (12) or more semester hours;

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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:

(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
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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 seventy
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five dollars ($1,575.00)
two thousand one hundred twenty dollars ($2,120.00)
per year.

(C)

A student qualifying for any award under this section shall receive a minimum amount of
one hundred five dollars ($105.00)
one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00)
for each semester of qualification.

One
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half (1/2) of the annual award amount under this section shall be provided to the student at each semester of qualification;

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2026
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(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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