Session of 1999
HOUSE BILL No. 2590
By Legislative Educational Planning Committee
12-16
9 AN ACT
concerning the state scholarship program; affecting the amount
10 of awards made under
the program; amending K.S.A. 72-6810, 72-
11 6812, 72-6814 and
72-6815 and repealing the existing sections.
12
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
14 Section
1. K.S.A. 72-6810 is hereby amended to read as follows:
72-
15 6810. As used in this act: (a) "State
scholarship" means an award under
16 this act by this state to a state scholar
who has established financial need.
17 (b) "State
scholar" means a full-time, in-state student who has exhib-
18 ited scholastic ability and who is
initially acceptable for entering an eli-
19 gible institution or who has so entered and
is in good standing and making
20 satisfactory progress.
21 (c) "Full-time,
in-state student" means a person who is a resident of
22 Kansas and who is enrolled at an eligible
institution in an educational
23 program for at least 12 hours each semester
or the equivalent thereof, or
24 who is regularly enrolled at an eligible
institution in a vocational or tech-
25 nical education program. The board of
regents shall determine the num-
26 ber of hours for terms or program periods
other than semesters to con-
27 stitute the equivalent of 12 hours.
28 (d) "Financial
need" means the difference between the available fi-
29 nancial resources of a student and
such the student's total anticipated
30 expenses to attend an eligible institution.
A student's financial resources
31 shall include (1) four hundred and
fifty dollars each year from the stu-
32 dent's own work and resources, and
(2) a contribution from the income
33 and assets of the student's
parents, if sufficient, as be determined by
a
34 completed financial needs analysis
statement and based upon the ac-
35 cepted on the basis
of criteria of a nationally recognized financial
needs
36 analysis agency
provided under the federal methodology of need analysis.
37 Financial need shall be
redetermined determined annually.
38 (e) "Eligible
institution" means an institution of postsecondary edu-
39 cation which maintains open enrollment, the
main campus or principal
40 place of operation of which is located in
Kansas, and which qualifies as
41 an eligible institution for the
federal guaranteed-loan program under the
42 higher education act of 1965 (P.L. 89-329),
as amended.
43 (f) "Open
enrollment" means the policy of an institution of postse-
2
1 condary education which provides the
opportunity of enrollment for any
2 student who meets its academic and
other reasonable enrollment require-
3 ments, without regard for race,
gender, religion, creed, ethnicity or na-
4 tional origin.
5 (g) "Board
of regents" means the state board of regents provided for
6 in the constitution of this state and
described established under the pro-
7 visions contained in article
32 of chapter 74 of Kansas Statutes Annotated.
8 (h) "Term"
means one of two or more substantially equivalent divi-
9 sions of an
the academic year of an institution of postsecondary
education
10 in which substantially all courses
begin and end at substantially the same
11 time and during which
instruction is regularly given to students.
12 (i) "Semester"
means one of two principal terms, when there are only
13 two principal terms in the academic year,
whether or not there are other
14 shorter terms during the same academic
year.
15 (j) "Program
period" means the duration of the period of time, or
16 any division thereof, required for
completion of a vocational or technical
17 education program which is given in an
institution of postsecondary
18 education.
19 Sec.
2. K.S.A. 72-6812 is hereby amended to read as follows:
72-
20 6812. (a) The amount of a state scholarship
awarded to a state scholar for
21 the fall and spring semesters, or the
equivalent thereof, shall be the
22 amount of the state scholar's financial
need for the period, except that
23 state scholarships awarded to a state
scholar in any year shall not exceed:
24 (1) Five
hundred dollars in any year if the state scholar initially is
or
25 was awarded a state scholarship for
any program period, term or semester
26 commencing prior to July 1, 1985;
and
27 (2) one
thousand dollars in any year if the state scholar initially
is
28 awarded a state scholarship for any
program period, term or semester
29 commencing after July 1,
1985 an amount equal to 75% of the average
30 amount of the total tuition and required
fees of full-time, in-state students
31 who are enrolled at the state
educational institutions.
32 (b) When state
scholarships are awarded to a state scholar for any
33 program period or for one or more terms
that are not semesters, the
34 board of regents shall determine the
equivalent of the fall and spring
35 semesters.
36 Sec.
3. K.S.A. 72-6814 is hereby amended to read as follows:
72-
37 6814. The board of regents shall administer
this act and shall:
38 (a) Publicize
the state scholarship program and provide information
39 regarding application
procedures;
40 (b) provide
application forms, test forms, and forms for
determining
41 financial need;
42 (c) adopt rules
and regulations for determining educational ability,
43 selecting examinations of educational
ability and methods for giving such
3
1 examinations, selecting state
scholars, determining financial need, select-
2 ing financial needs analysis
agencies, determining the average amount of
3 tuition and fees required of
full-time, in-state students for enrollment at
4 the state educational
institutions, determining priority or apportionment
5 of state scholarships and other
matters necessary for the administration
6 of this act. The board of regents may
provide for apportionment of state
7 scholarships if the appropriations
for state scholarships are insufficient to
8 pay all state scholars with financial
need. To determine who is an in-state
9 student for the purpose of this act,
the board of regents shall adopt rules
10 and regulations for determination of
residence of students as provided by
11 law;
12 (d) designate and
notify each state scholar;
13 (e) approve and
award state scholarships;
14 (f) evaluate
the state scholarship program annually and make an
an-
15 nual a report
thereon to the governor and legislature, and
evaluate the
16 state scholarship program
for the period; and
17 (g) require any
eligible institution to promptly furnish any informa-
18 tion which the board of regents requests
relating to administration or
19 effect of this act.
20 Sec.
4. K.S.A. 72-6815 is hereby amended to read as follows:
72-
21 6815. Each applicant for a state
scholarship in accordance with the rules
22 and regulations of the board of regents
shall:
23 (a) Be
responsible for the submission to the board of regents of the
24 results of an examination of educational
ability which is given by the board
25 of regents or in a manner approved by the
board of regents;
26 (b) complete and
file an application for a state scholarship;
27 (c) Be
responsible for the submission of a financial needs
analysis
28 statement to the board of
regents;
29
(d) report promptly to the board of regents and to
the eligible insti-
30 tution at which the applicant is
enrolled or enrolling any information
31 requested relating to administration of
this act; and
32 (e)
(d) file a new application and financial needs
analysis statement
33 annually on the basis of which his
or her the applicant's eligibility for a
34 state scholarship shall be evaluated and
determined.
35 Sec. 5. K.S.A. 72-6810, 72-6812,
72-6814 and 72-6815 are hereby
36 repealed.
37 Sec. 6. This act shall
take effect and be in force from and after its
38 publication in the statute book.