2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 164 - STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES -- REGIONAL EDUCATION -- ARCHAEOLOGY 164.7879 Calculation of educational excellence scholarship awards -- Inclusion of certain out-of-state educational experience in grade point average calculation -- Graduation after three years -- Supplemental award eligibility and calculation of amounts.
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164.7879 Calculation of educational excellence scholarship awards -Inclusion of certain out-of-state educational experience in grade point
average calculation -- Graduation after three years -- Supplemental award
eligibility and calculation of amounts.
(1)
(2)
Kentucky educational excellence scholarship awards shall be based upon an
established base scholarship amount and an eligible high school student's
grade point average. The base scholarship amount for students attaining a
grade point average of at least 2.5 for the 1998-1999 academic year shall be
as follows:
GPA
Amount GPA
Amount
2.50
$125.00 3.30
$325.00
2.60
$150.00 3.40
$350.00
2.70
$175.00 3.50
$375.00
2.75
$187.00 3.60
$400.00
2.80
$200.00 3.70
$425.00
2.90
$225.00 3.75
$437.00
3.00
$250.00 3.80
$450.00
3.10
$275.00 3.90
$475.00
3.20
$300.00 4.00
$500.00
3.25
$312.00
The authority shall review the base amount of the Kentucky educational
excellence scholarship each academic year and may promulgate an
administrative regulation to make adjustments after considering the availability
of funds.
(a) The authority shall commit to provide to each eligible high school student
the base amount of the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship for
each academic year of high school study in the Kentucky educational
excellence scholarship curriculum that the high school student has
attained at least a 2.5 grade point average. The award shall be based
upon the eligible high school student's grade point average at the close of
each academic year. An award attributable to a past academic year shall
not be increased after the award has been earned by an eligible high
school student, regardless of any subsequent increases made to the base
amount of the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship through the
promulgation of an administrative regulation by the authority.
(b) Notwithstanding the definitions of "eligible high school student" and "high
school" in KRS 164.7874, any high school student who maintains
Kentucky residency and completes the academic courses that are
required for a Kentucky educational excellence scholarship while
participating in an approved educational high school foreign exchange
program or participating in the United States Congressional Page School
may apply his or her grade point average for that academic year toward
the base as described in paragraph (a) of this subsection. The grade point
average shall be reported by the student's Kentucky home high school,
based on an official transcript from the school that the student attended
during the out-of-state educational experience. The authority shall
promulgate administrative regulations that describe the approval process
(c)
(d)
(3)
(a)
for the educational exchange programs that qualify under this paragraph.
The provisions in this paragraph shall likewise apply to any Kentucky high
school student who participated in an approved educational exchange
program or in a Congressional Page School since the 1998-99 school
year and maintained his or her Kentucky residency throughout.
1.
Notwithstanding the definitions of "eligible high school student" and
"high school" in KRS 164.7874 and the requirement that a student
graduate from a Kentucky high school, a high school student who
completes the KEES curriculum while attending an accredited
out-of-state high school or Department of Defense school may apply
the grade point average for any applicable academic year toward
the base as described in paragraph (a) of this subsection and shall
also qualify for a supplemental award under subsection (3) of this
section when:
a.
His or her custodial parent or guardian is in active service of
the Armed Forces of the United States; and
b.
The custodial parent or guardian maintained Kentucky as the
home of record at the time the student attended an accredited
out-of-state high school or a Department of Defense school.
2.
The student or parent shall arrange for the out-of-state school to
report the student's grade point average each academic year and
the student's highest ACT score to the authority as required under
KRS 164.7885. The authority shall promulgate administrative
regulations implementing the requirements in this paragraph,
including:
a.
The documentation that the parent shall submit to the authority
establishing the student's eligibility for the scholarship; and
b.
The assurances that an out-of state institution shall submit to
the authority for submission of the student grade point
average.
3.
The provisions in this paragraph shall apply to the 2001-2002 school
year and thereafter.
Beginning with the 2013-2014 academic year, a student who meets the
Kentucky core academic standards for high school graduation established
in administrative regulation and graduates after completing three (3) years
of high school shall receive a Kentucky educational excellence
scholarship award equivalent to completing high school in four (4) years.
The award shall be determined by dividing the total actual KEES
scholarship earned under subsection (1) of this section by three (3) and
multiplying that number by four (4). The resulting number shall be the
annual award the student is eligible for under subsection (1) of this
section.
The authority shall commit to provide to each eligible high school student
graduating from high school before June 30, 1999, and achieving a score
of at least 15 on the American College Test, a supplemental award for the
award period beginning in the fall of 1999, based on the eligible high
school student's highest ACT score attained by the date of graduation
from high school. The amount of the supplemental award shall be
determined as follows:
ACT
Annual
ACT
nnual
Score
Bonus
Score
15
$21
22
16
$43
23
17
$64
24
18
$86
25
19
$107
26
20
$129
27
21
$150
28 or above
onus
171
193
214
236
257
279
300
(b)
Subsequent supplemental awards for eligible high school students
graduating before June 30, 1999, shall be determined in accordance with
the provisions of paragraph (b) of this subsection.
The authority shall commit to provide to each eligible high school student
upon achievement after June 30, 1999, of an ACT score of at least 15 on
the American College Test a supplemental award based on the eligible
high school student's highest ACT score attained by the date of
graduation from high school. The amount of the supplemental award shall
be determined as follows:
ACT
ACT
Score
Amount
Score
mount
15
$36
22
16
$71
23
17
$107
24
18
$143
25
19
$179
26
20
$214
27
21
$250
28 and above
286
321
357
393
428
464
500
The authority shall review the base amount of the supplemental award
beginning with the 2001-2002 academic year and each academic year
(c)
(d)
thereafter and may promulgate an administrative regulation to make
adjustments after considering the availability of funds.
Beginning with the 2008-2009 academic year, the authority shall commit
to provide a supplemental award for achievement on examinations for
Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate as defined in KRS
158.007 to an eligible high school student whose family was eligible for
free or reduced-price lunch for any year during high school enrollment.
1.
The supplemental award for AP examination scores are as follows:
a.
Two hundred dollars ($200) for each score of three (3);
b.
Two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each score of four (4); and
c.
Three hundred dollars ($300) for each score of five (5).
2.
The supplemental award for IB examination scores are as follows:
a.
Two hundred dollars ($200) for each score of five (5);
b.
Two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each score of six (6); and
c.
Three hundred dollars ($300) for each score of seven (7).
The authority shall promulgate administrative regulations establishing the
eligibility criteria and procedures for making a supplemental award to
Kentucky residents who are citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of
the United States and who graduate from a nonpublic secondary school
not certified by the Kentucky Board of Education and Kentucky residents
who are citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of the United States
and who obtain a General Educational Development (GED) diploma
within five (5) years of their high school graduating class, and students
under subsection (2)(c) of this section who do not attend an accredited
high school.
Effective:June 25, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 104, sec. 5, effective June 25, 2013; and ch.
105, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 134,
sec. 23, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 3,
effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 278, sec. 1, effective
July 15, 2002. -- Amended 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 25, sec. 1, effective June 21, 2001.
-- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 13, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2000; and ch. 198,
sec. 3, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 575, sec. 4,
effective July 15, 1998.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/25/2013). This statute was amended
by 2013 Ky. Acts chs. 104 and 105, which do not appear to be in conflict and
have been codified together.
Legislative Research Commission Note (11/1/2006). Due to a manifest clerical or
typographical error by the drafter of 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 117, the words "for
submission" following "to the authority" in subsection (2)(b)2.b. of this statute
were inadvertently deleted from the text as created in 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 278,
sec. 1. Those words have been reinserted by the Reviser of Statutes under the
authority of KRS 7.136.
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