Session of 1998
SENATE BILL No. 547
By Committee on Education
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AN ACT concerning the state scholarship
program; relating to eligibility
10 of state scholars;
affecting determination of scholarship amounts;
11 amending K.S.A.
72-6810, 72-6811, 72-6812, 72-6814, 72-6815 and
12 72-6816 and repealing
the existing sections.
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14 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
15 Section 1. K.S.A.
72-6810 is hereby amended to read as follows:
16 72-6810. As used in this act: (a) ``State
scholarship'' means an award under
17 this act by this state to a state scholar
who has established financial need.
18 (b) ``State scholar''
means a full-time, in-state student who has exhib-
19 ited scholastic ability and who is
initially acceptable for entering an eli-
20 gible institution or who has so entered and
is in good standing and making
21 satisfactory progress. Eligibility of a
full-time, in-state student for quali-
22 fication as a state scholar and the
award of a state scholarship shall com-
23 mence immediately upon graduation of the
student from high school.
24 (c) ``Full-time,
in-state student'' means a person who is a resident of
25 Kansas and who is enrolled at an eligible
institution in an educational
26 program for at least 12 hours each semester
or the equivalent thereof, or
27 who is regularly enrolled at an eligible
institution in a vocational or tech-
28 nical education program. The board of
regents shall determine the num-
29 ber of hours for terms or program periods
other than semesters to con-
30 stitute the equivalent of 12 hours.
31 (d) ``Financial need''
means the difference between the available fi-
32 nancial resources of a student and such
student's total anticipated ex-
33 penses to attend an eligible institution. A
student's financial resources
34 shall ;nclude (1) four hundred and
fifty dollars each year from the stu-
35 dent's own work and resources, and
(2) a contribution from the income
36 and assets of the student's
parents, if sufficient, as determined by a com-
37 pleted financial needs analysis
statement and be based upon the accepted
38 criteria of a nationally
recognized financial needs need
analysis agency
39 selected by the board of regents.
Financial need shall be ;(Rx)determined
40 determined at least annually.
41 (e) ``Eligible
institution'' means an institution of postsecondary edu-
42 cation which maintains open enrollment, the
main campus or principal
43 place of operation of which is located in
Kansas, and which qualifies as
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1 an eligible institution for the
federal guaranteed-loan program under the
2 higher education act of 1965 (P.L.
89-329), as amended.
3 (f) ``Open
enrollment'' means the policy of an institution of postse-
4 condary education which provides the
opportunity of enrollment for any
5 student who meets its academic and
other reasonable enrollment require-
6 ments, without regard for race,
gender, religion, creed or national origin.
7 (g) ``Board of
regents'' means the state board of regents provided for
8 in the constitution of this state and
described in article 32 of chapter 74
9 of Kansas Statutes Annotated.
10 (h) ``Term'' means one
of two or more divisions of an academic year
11 of an institution of postsecondary
education in which substantially all
12 courses begin and end at substantially the
same time and during which
13 instruction is regularly given to
students.
14 (i) ``Semester'' means
one of two principal terms, when there are only
15 two principal terms in the academic year,
whether or not there are other
16 shorter terms during the same academic
year.
17 (j) ``Program period''
means the duration of the period of time, or
18 any division thereof, required for
completion of a vocational or technical
19 education program which is given in an
institution of postsecondary ed-
20 ucation.
21 Sec. 2. K.S.A.
72-6811 is hereby amended to read as follows: 72-
22 6811. A state scholarship may be awarded to
any qualified state scholar
23 enrolled at any eligible institution.
Commencing with the first semester
24 after qualification, a state scholar
may be awarded a state scholarship for
25 not more than eight consecutive
semesters of undergraduate study or the
26 equivalent thereof, except that a state
scholar may be awarded consecu-
27 tively to the initial eight semesters of
study a state scholarship for not
28 more than an additional two semesters of
study or the equivalent thereof
29 when the requirements of the educational
program in which the state
30 scholar is enrolled include the completion
of a fifth year of study. The
31 board of regents shall determine the
equivalent of a semester when any
32 program period or all or part of the terms
for which a state scholar is
33 awarded a state scholarship are not
semesters.
34 Sec. 3. K.S.A.
72-6812 is hereby amended to read as follows: 72-
35 6812. (a) The amount of a state scholarship
awarded to a state scholar for
36 the fall and spring semesters, or the
equivalent thereof, shall be the
37 amount of the state scholar's financial
need for the period, except that
38 state scholarships awarded to a state
scholar in any year shall not exceed:
39 (1) Five hundred
dollars in any year if the state scholar initially is
or
40 was awarded a state scholarship for
any program period, term or semester
41 commencing prior to July 1, 1985;
and
42 (2) one thousand
dollars in any year if the state scholar initially is
43 awarded a state scholarship for any
program period, term or semester
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1 commencing after July 1,
1985 an amount equal to 75% of the average
2 amount of the total tuition and
fees required of full-time, in-state students
3 for enrollment at the state
educational institutions for two semesters or
4 the equivalent thereof.
5 (b) When state
scholarships are awarded to a state scholar for any
6 program period or for one or more
terms that are not semesters, the
7 board of regents shall determine the
equivalent of the fall and spring
8 semesters.
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Sec. 4. K.S.A. 72-6814 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-
10 6814. The board of regents shall administer
this act and shall:
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(a) Publicize Provide information
regarding application procedures;
12 (b) Provide
application forms, test forms, and forms for
determining
13 financial need;
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(c) Adopt rules and regulations for determining
educational ability,
15 selecting examinations of educational
ability and methods for giving such
16 examinations, selecting state scholars,
determining the average amount of
17 tuition and fees required of full-time,
in-state students for enrollment at
18 the state educational institutions,
determining financial need, selecting
19 financial needs
need analysis agencies, determining priority or
apportion-
20 ment of state scholarships and other
matters necessary for the adminis-
21 tration of this act. The board of regents
may provide for apportionment
22 of state scholarships if the appropriations
for state scholarships are insuf-
23 ficient to pay all state scholars with
financial need. To determine who is
24 an in-state student for the purpose of this
act, the board of regents shall
25 adopt rules and regulations for
determination of residence of students as
26 provided by law;
27 (d)
(c) Designate and notify each state scholar;
28 (e)
(d) Approve and award state scholarships;
29 (f)
(e) Evaluate the state scholarship program annually and
make an
30 annual a report to
the governor and legislature, and evaluate the
state
31 scholarship program for the
period;
32 (g)
(f) Require any eligible institution to promptly
furnish any infor-
33 mation which the board of regents requests
relating to administration or
34 effect of this act.
35 Sec. 5. K.S.A.
72-6815 is hereby amended to read as follows: 72-
36 6815. Each applicant for a state
scholarship in accordance with ;(tri-stars)e
rules
37 and regulations of the board of regents
shall:
38 (a) Be responsible for
;(tri-stars)e submission ;ø the board
of regents of the
39 results of an examination of educational
ability which is given by the board
40 of regents or in a manner
approved as required by the board of regents;
41 (b) Complete and file an
application for a state scholarship;
42 (c) Be
responsible for the submission of a financial needs
analysis
43 statement to the board of
regents;
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(d) Report promptly to the board of regents and to
the eligible insti-
2 tution at which the applicant is
enrolling or enrolled any information
3 requested relating to administration
of this act;
4 (e)
(d) File a new application and financial needs
analysis statement
5 annually on the basis of which
his or her eligibility for a state scholarship
6 shall be evaluated and
determined.
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Sec. 6. K.S.A. 72-6816 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-
8 6816. Any student who has applied for
a tuition grant shall make note of
9 such thereof
when ;(Rx)porting such student's financial resources
required
10 by K.S.A. 72-6810
applying for a state scholarship. Any student who has
11 received a tuition grant shall list
;(tri-stars)at among such student's financial
re-
12 sources as required by K.S.A.
72-6810 the grant as an available financial
13 resource.
14 Sec. 7. K.S.A.
72-6810, 72-6811, 72-6812, 72-6814, 72-6815 and
15 72-6816 are hereby repealed.
16 Sec. 8. This act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its
17 publication in the statute book.
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