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164.751 Distinguished Student Recognition and Scholarship Award Program
-- Selection committee -- Award selection criteria.
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The Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority may expend such funds
as appropriated and exercise the powers otherwise granted to administer the
Kentucky Distinguished Student Recognition and Scholarship Award Program
to reward academic excellence among the state's talented students by
providing financial assistance to encourage attendance at the state's public
universities, nonprofit degree granting colleges, and community colleges.
Awards and scholarships shall be offered to students who demonstrate the
highest potential for successful college study. Recognition awards shall be
awarded only once to an individual and shall come solely from the authority.
Scholarships shall be an equal match of funds between the authority and the
university and may be offered annually to eligible students.
(a) The Governor shall appoint a nine (9) member selection committee
whose members are representative of the geographic regions of the state
and have varied university affiliations. Members shall be appointed for a
term of four (4) years though the initial appointments may be less than
four (4) years to establish staggered terms. The selection committee shall
elect a chairman at its first meeting and annually thereafter. The executive
director of the authority, or his designee, shall serve as secretary to the
committee. The committee shall meet at least semiannually and more
often as necessary. Members shall serve without salary but shall be
reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses in the same manner as
state employees. Members may be reappointed to the committee;
(b) The authority shall promulgate regulations for the administration of the
recognition award and scholarship programs. The regulations shall
include but not be limited to the following:
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Eligibility requirements which shall include requirements that
students must be Kentucky citizens who have declared an intention
to attend a participating institution;
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Award selection criteria including but not limited to the student's
rank in his class, grade-point average, leadership and service
potential, and the submission of a written essay;
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Award amounts;
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Selection committee, qualifications and duties;
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Fund distribution formula;
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Application deadlines; and
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Administrative procedures.
The applicant pool for the recognition and scholarship awards shall be made
up of the following Kentucky students:
(a) High school students who take one (1) of the tests required for admission
to the state's public institutions of higher education in the spring or
summer as a junior or in the fall as a senior shall automatically become
part of the applicant pool for awards. Students scoring in the ninety-eighth
or ninety-ninth percentile on these tests shall receive invitations to submit
applications for a recognition award and a scholarship award;
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High school students nominated by the principal of an accredited high
school which is not represented by a student described in paragraph (a)
of this subsection. The nominees shall receive an invitation to apply for
the awards; and
(c) High school graduates who have scores in the ninety-eighth or
ninety-ninth percentile on prior years' tests and who have not attended
college may apply for the awards.
The authority shall present recognition awards to the highest ranking students
in accordance with the award selection criteria. The amount and number of
awards shall be determined by the authority and shall depend on the amount of
funds available. No more than twenty percent (20%) of the awards shall be
awarded to students who choose to attend an independent institution.
The scholarships shall be an equal match between authority funds and
institutional funds which may include any form of gift aid except state grant
funds.
Effective:July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 37, sec. 6, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created
1986 Ky. Acts ch. 473, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986.
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