Kansas Statutes 74-32,235. Amount of state scholarship equal to financial need; limitation
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-32,235
- 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
- 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
- Program: means the Kansas work-study program established by this act. See Kansas Statutes 74-3275
- Program period: means the duration of the period of time, or any division thereof, required for completion of a vocational or technical education program which is given in an eligible institution. See Kansas Statutes 74-3284
- 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
- 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 scholar: means a full-time, in-state student who has exhibited scholastic ability and who is initially acceptable for entering an eligible institution or who has so entered and is in good standing and making satisfactory progress. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,233
- State scholarship: means an award under this act by this state to a state scholar who has established financial need. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,233
- Term: means one of two or more substantially equivalent divisions of the academic year of an eligible institution. See Kansas Statutes 74-3284
(a) The amount of a state scholarship awarded to a state scholar for the fall and spring semesters, or the equivalent thereof, shall be the amount of the state scholar’s financial need for the period, except that state scholarships awarded to a state scholar in any year shall not exceed:
(1) Five hundred dollars in any year if the state scholar initially is or was awarded a state scholarship for any program period, term or semester commencing prior to July 1, 1985; and
(2) one thousand dollars in any year if the state scholar initially is awarded a state scholarship for any program period, term or semester commencing after July 1, 1985.
(b) When state scholarships are awarded to a state scholar for any program period or for one or more terms that are not semesters, the board of regents shall determine the equivalent of the fall and spring semesters.