Kansas Statutes 74-32,425. Amount of grant; payment upon certification of full-time enrollment; limitations
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-32,425
- Career technical education: means organized educational programs offering a sequence of courses which are directly related to the preparation of individuals in paid or unpaid employment in current or emerging occupations requiring other than a baccalaureate or advanced degree. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,407
- Career technical education program: means a program of vocational or technical training or retraining that is operated at the postsecondary level and is designed to prepare persons for gainful employment. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,417
- Career technical workforce grant: means the award of a financial grant-in-aid by this state under this act to an eligible student. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,423
- Designated educational institution: means an educational institution that: (1) Has been identified by the Kansas board of regents, working in conjunction with the Kansas department of commerce, as delivering programs that are high cost, high demand or in a critical industry field; (2) is eligible to receive federal title IV funding; and (3) has its main campus or principal place of operation located in Kansas. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,423
- Eligible student: means a person who is: (1) A resident of Kansas, (2) initially acceptable for enrolling at an ROTC institution or who has so enrolled and is in good standing, and (3) qualified for participation in the reserve officers' training corps program at such ROTC institution or who is participating in the program. See Kansas Statutes 74-3255
- 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 year: means the 12-month period ending on June 30. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,407
- Term: means one of two or more substantially equivalent divisions of the academic year of an eligible institution. See Kansas Statutes 74-3284
(a) Subject to the other provisions of this section, a career technical workforce grant shall provide, upon certification by a designated educational institution that the eligible student is enrolled in an eligible career technical education program, for payment to the eligible student of an amount not to exceed:
(1) One thousand dollars when the period of time required for completion of the career technical education program in which the eligible student is enrolled is not more than one school year in duration; or
(2) one thousand dollars for each program term, not to exceed two program terms, when the duration of the period of time required for completion of the career technical education program in which the eligible student is enrolled encompasses more than one school year.
(b) In no event shall the amount awarded to an eligible student under a career technical workforce grant or the total of any amounts awarded thereunder exceed an amount equal to the amount of the total tuition and required fees for the career technical education program in which the eligible student is enrolled.
(c) Eligible students who are enrolled as part-time students in a career technical education program at a designated educational institution may qualify for a career technical workforce grant, but shall receive a proportionate amount of the grant based upon the number of credit hours they are enrolled in per academic period, when compared and computed as a fraction of the total number of credit hours required for full-time enrollment.