Kansas Statutes 74-32,221. Same; establishment of program; amount and duration of awards; match requirements
(a) There is hereby established the nurse educator service scholarship program.
(b) (1) The director of each school of nursing shall establish a nurse educator service scholarship application review committee. Applications for a scholarship under the program shall be submitted to the review committee of the school of nursing at which the applicant has been accepted or is enrolled. Applications shall be on a form provided by the school of nursing and shall be submitted in the manner and within the time specified by the review committee. In addition to the information required by the review committee, applications shall contain any additional information required by the executive officer. The committee shall review the applications submitted to the committee and shall determine which applicants are qualified to be recipients of scholarships. The review committee of each school of nursing shall submit the list of all qualified applicants at the school of nursing to the executive officer.
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-32,221
- Committee: means the nursing service scholarship review committee established under Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-3292
- Executive officer: means the chief executive officer of the state board of regents appointed under Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-3292
- Financial need: means the difference between the available financial resources of a Kansas ethnic minority scholar and the scholar's total anticipated expenses to attend an eligible institution. See Kansas Statutes 74-3284
- Institution: means the university of Kansas, university of Kansas medical center, Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science, Wichita state university, Emporia state university, Pittsburg state university, Fort Hays state university and Kansas state university polytechnic campus;
(b) "governing authority" means the state board of regents or the chief executive officer of an institution if such officer has been designated by the state board to act on its behalf in exercising the authority of the board to care for, control, maintain and supervise all roads, streets, driveways and parking facilities for vehicles on the grounds of the institution; and
(c) "vehicle" means motor vehicle, motorized bicycle and bicycle. See Kansas Statutes 74-3209
- Program: means the Kansas work-study program established by this act. See Kansas Statutes 74-3275
- School of nursing: means a school within the state of Kansas which is approved by the state board of nursing to grant an associate degree or a baccalaureate degree in professional nursing or a certificate of completion in practical nursing and is:
(1) Under the control and supervision of the state board of regents;
(2) a municipal university; or
(3) a not-for-profit independent institution of higher education that has its main campus or principal place of operation in Kansas, maintains open enrollment as such term is defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-3292
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- State educational institution: has the meaning ascribed thereto in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-3255
(2) Within the limitations of appropriations therefor, the determination of which qualified applicants which will be awarded scholarships shall be made by the executive officer from the lists submitted pursuant to paragraph (1). When making such determination, consideration shall be given to minority applicants and to applicants having the greatest financial need for scholarships.
(c) Within the limitations of appropriations therefor, scholarships awarded under the program shall be awarded for the length of the course of instruction in which the applicant is enrolled or admitted unless otherwise terminated before the expiration of such period of time. If an applicant is not enrolled on a full-time basis, the applicant shall receive a proportionate amount of the tuition based upon the number of hours enrolled in an academic period, as defined by the applicant’s school of nursing and computed as a fraction of the total number of credit hours required for enrollment on a full-time basis. Such scholarships shall provide to a qualified applicant (1) if the applicant is enrolled in a school of nursing operated by a state educational institution, an amount not to exceed 70% of the cost of attendance for an academic year at the school of nursing in which the applicant is enrolled or (2) if the applicant is enrolled in a school of nursing not operated by a state educational institution, the lesser of (A) an amount not to exceed 70% of the cost of attendance for a year at the school of nursing in which the applicant is enrolled or (B) an amount not to exceed 70% of the average amount of the cost of attendance for a year at the schools of nursing operated by the state educational institutions. Subject to the limitation of appropriations, the number of scholarships awarded and the amount of each scholarship shall be established annually by the executive officer.
(d) Scholarships shall be matched on the basis of $2 from the nurse educator service scholarship program for $1 from the school of nursing at which the qualified applicant is enrolled.