Session of 2000
HOUSE BILL No. 3013
By Committee on Appropriations
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9 AN ACT
establishing the Kansas board of regents legacy scholarship
pro-
10 gram; relating to
administration of awards made under such program.
11
12 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
13 Section
1. As used in this act:
14 (a) ``Kansas
board of regents legacy scholarship program'' means a
15 program under which grants of financial
assistance in the form of schol-
16 arships are awarded by this state to Kansas
legacy scholars.
17 (b) ``State
educational institution'' has the meaning ascribed thereto
18 in K.S.A. 76-711, and amendments
thereto.
19 (c) ``Kansas
legacy scholar'' means a person who: (1) Is a nonresident
20 of this state and is initially acceptable
for entering a state educational
21 institution for the fall 2000 semester, and
thereafter a student who has
22 so entered and is in good standing; (2) has
at least one biological or adop-
23 tive parent or grandparent who has received
an undergraduate or higher
24 degree from the state educational
institution the person applying for the
25 Kansas legacy scholarship is entering or
has so entered; and (3) maintains
26 a 3.25 grade point average on a 4.0 scale
while enrolled for at least 12
27 hours each semester in a specified degree
program at a state educational
28 institution, except that no Kansas legacy
scholar who has completed eight
29 semesters, graduated from a state
educational institution or has received
30 a waiver of nonresident fees from any other
source or scholarship shall
31 be eligible to receive a Kansas legacy
scholarship.
32 (d) ``Board of
regents'' means the state board of regents provided for
33 in the constitution of this state and
described in article 32 of chapter 74
34 of Kansas Statutes Annotated.
35 (e) ``Semester''
means one of two principal terms, when there are
36 only two principal terms in the academic
year, whether or not there are
37 other shorter terms during the same
academic year.
38 Sec. 2. A
Kansas legacy scholarship shall be awarded to any Kansas
39 legacy scholar qualified pursuant to
subsection (c) of section 1, and
40 amendments thereto. The amount of a Kansas
legacy scholarship shall be
41 equal to the amount necessary to make such
scholar's tuition and fees the
42 average of resident and nonresident tuition
and fees charged by the state
43 educational institution for the hours
enrolled in for the semester such
2
1 scholarship is awarded as determined
by the board of regents.
2 Sec.
3. (a) Kansas legacy scholarships shall be paid upon
certification
3 by the state educational institution
that the Kansas legacy scholar is eli-
4 gible, enrolled and qualified.
Payments of Kansas legacy scholarships shall
5 be made upon vouchers approved by the
administrative officer of the
6 board of regents designated by the
board of regents upon warrants of the
7 director of accounts and reports.
Payments of Kansas legacy scholarships
8 may be made by the issuance of a
single warrant to each state educational
9 institution at which a Kansas legacy
scholar is enrolled for the total
10 amount of Kansas legacy scholarships for
all Kansas legacy scholars en-
11 rolled at that institution. The director of
accounts and reports shall cause
12 such warrant to be delivered to the state
educational institution at which
13 such scholar or scholars are enrolled. Upon
receipt of such warrant, the
14 amount thereof shall be credited to the
Kansas legacy scholarship fund
15 of the the state educational institution
and allocated within the fund to
16 the account of each Kansas legacy scholar
enrolled at that institution. The
17 amount to be credited to the account of
each such scholar shall be spec-
18 ified by the board of regents.
19 (b) If a Kansas
legacy scholar discontinues attendance before the end
20 of any semester, after the state
educational institution has received pay-
21 ment under this section, the state
educational institution shall debit the
22 account of the scholar by an amount equal
to the entire amount which
23 such scholar would otherwise qualify to
have refunded, not to exceed the
24 amount credited to the account of the
scholar under a Kansas legacy
25 scholarship for the semester and, if a
Kansas legacy scholar has received
26 payments under any federal program of
student assistance in the semes-
27 ter, less an amount equal to the pro rata
share of such entire amount
28 which is attributable to the assistance
received by the scholar under such
29 federal program or programs.
30 (c) All amounts
debited by a state educational institution under sub-
31 section (b) shall be reallocated within the
Kansas legacy scholarship fund
32 of the state educational institution to the
account of other Kansas legacy
33 scholars as specified by the board of
regents.
34 Sec. 4. The
board of regents shall administer the Kansas board of
35 regents legacy scholarship program and
shall:
36 (a) Publicize
Kansas legacy scholarships and provide information re-
37 garding application procedures;
38 (b) designate and
notify each Kansas legacy scholar;
39 (c) approve and
award Kansas legacy scholarships;
40 (d) evaluate the
Kansas board of regents legacy scholarship program
41 annually, and make a report thereon to the
governor and the legislature;
42 and
43 (e) require any
state educational institution to promptly furnish any
3
1 information which the board of
regents requests relating to administration
2 or effect of this program.
3 Sec.
5. Each applicant for a Kansas legacy scholarship, in
accordance
4 with rules and regulations of the
board of regents, shall:
5 (a) Be
responsible for submission to the board of regents of evidence
6 of information, as specified by the
board of regents, to satisfy the require-
7 ments of paragraph (2) of subsection
(c) of section 1, and amendments
8 thereto;
9
(b) complete and file an application for a Kansas legacy
scholarship;
10 and
11 (c) report
promptly to the board of regents any information requested
12 relating to administration of this
program.
13 Sec. 6. This act shall
take effect and be in force from and after its
14 publication in the statute book.