(1) It is the intent of the General Assembly to create a seamless system to upgrade the professional development of persons who are employed or provide training in a child-care or early childhood setting through scholarships, merit awards, and monetary incentives, to assist these persons in obtaining a child development associate credential, post-secondary certificate, diploma, degree, or specialty credential in an area of study determined by the Early Childhood Advisory Council.
(2) Eligibility for scholarship funds shall be for individuals who do not have access to professional development funds from other education programs that receive state or federal funds, and who are:

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 164.518

  • branch budget: means an enactment by the General Assembly which provides appropriations and establishes fiscal policies and conditions for the biennial financial plan for the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch, which shall include a separate budget bill for the Transportation Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Council: means the Council on Postsecondary Education created in KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 164.001
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(a) Employed at least twenty (20) hours per week providing services in a child- care or early childhood setting; or
(b) Involved in providing professional development training for teachers in an early childhood setting.
(3) The Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, after consultation with the Early Childhood Advisory Council and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, shall promulgate administrative regulations, including a system of monetary incentives for scholarship program participants for completing classes, in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A as necessary to implement this section.
Effective: June 25, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 57, sec. 2, effective June 25, 2013. — Amended
2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 140, effective June 20, 2005. — Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch.
308, sec. 13, effective July 14, 2000.
2022-2024 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2022 Ky. Acts ch.
199, Pt. I, J, 2, (10) at 1694.