Kansas Statutes 74-32,123. Same; payment of grants; certification of student enrollment and eligibility; disposition of amounts
(a) A Kansas comprehensive grant may be paid annually for both the fall and spring semesters, or the equivalent thereof. Payments under any such grant shall be allocated equally between the semesters, when the student plans to attend two semesters in an academic year, and otherwise as specified by the board of regents. Kansas comprehensive grants shall be paid at the beginning of each semester or other term upon certification by the Kansas educational institution that the student is enrolled and is a Kansas student. Payments of Kansas comprehensive grants shall be made pursuant to vouchers approved by the administrative officer of the board of regents designated by the board upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports. Payments of Kansas comprehensive grants may be made by the issuance of a single warrant to each Kansas educational institution at which a Kansas student is enrolled for the total amount of grants for all Kansas students enrolled at that institution. The director of accounts and reports shall cause such warrant to be delivered to the Kansas educational institution at which such student or students are enrolled. Upon receipt of such warrant, the amount thereof shall be credited to the Kansas comprehensive grant fund of the Kansas educational institution and allocated within the fund to the account of each Kansas student enrolled at that institution. The amount to be credited to the account of each such student shall be specified by the board of regents.
(b) If a student discontinues attendance before the end of any semester or other term, after the Kansas educational institution has received payment under this section, the institution shall debit the account of the student by an amount equal to the entire amount which such student would otherwise qualify to have refunded, not to exceed the amount credited to the account of the student under the Kansas comprehensive grant program at the beginning of such semester or term and, if the student has received payments under any federal program of student assistance in the semester or other term, less an amount equal to the pro rata share of such entire amount which is attributable to the assistance received by the student under such federal program or programs.
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-32,123
- Board: means the board of education of any school district or the board of trustees of any community college. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,253
- Board of regents: means the state board of regents provided for in the constitution of this state and described in article 32 of chapter 74 of Kansas Statutes Annotated. See Kansas Statutes 74-3278
- 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
- Kansas comprehensive grant: means an award of financial assistance under the Kansas comprehensive grant program to an eligible Kansas student. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,120
- Kansas educational institution: means a state educational institution under the control and supervision of the board of regents, a municipal university, or a not-for-profit independent institution of higher education which is accredited by the north central association of colleges and secondary schools accrediting agency based on its requirements as of April 1, 1985, or by the higher learning commission of the north central association of colleges and schools based on its requirements as of January 1, 2006, is operated independently and not controlled or administered by the state or any agency or subdivision thereof, maintains open enrollment, and the main campus or principal place of operation of which is located in Kansas. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,120
- Kansas student: means a full-time, in-state student who has established financial need and who is initially acceptable for entering a Kansas educational institution or who has so entered and is in good standing and making satisfactory progress toward graduation. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,120
- Program: means the Kansas work-study program established by this act. See Kansas Statutes 74-3275
- Semester: means one of two principal terms, when there are only two principal terms in the academic year, whether or not there are other shorter terms during the same academic year. See Kansas Statutes 74-3278
- Term: means one of two or more substantially equivalent divisions of the academic year of an eligible institution. See Kansas Statutes 74-3284
(c) All amounts debited by a Kansas educational institution under subsection (b) shall be reallocated within the Kansas comprehensive grant fund of the institution to the account of other eligible Kansas students as specified by the board of regents.