2014 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (160-186)
Chapter 173 Department of Higher Education
Section 173.267 (Repealed L. 2012 H.B. 1608 § A)

173.267. 1. There is hereby established the "Missouri Educational Employees' Memorial Scholarship Program", and any moneys collected pursuant to subsection 2 of this section for this program shall be used to provide scholarships for the children of Missouri educational employees who died while employed by a Missouri school district to attend an undergraduate Missouri college or university of their choice pursuant to the provisions of this section.

2. Any employee of a public school district may have a minimum amount of one dollar withheld from such employee's paycheck to be donated to the "Missouri Educational Employees' Memorial Scholarship Fund", which is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall be used to provide scholarships to eligible students pursuant to this section. All earnings resulting from the investment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, moneys in the fund shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund at the end of the biennium. Moneys in the fund shall not be a part of total state revenues for the purposes of article X of the Missouri Constitution.

3. The definitions of terms set forth in section 173.205 shall be applicable to such terms as used in this section.

4. The coordinating board for higher education shall be the administrative agency for the implementation of the program established by this section, and shall:

(1) Promulgate reasonable rules for the exercise of its functions and the effectuation of the purposes of this section;

(2) Prescribe the form and the time and method of awarding the scholarships, and shall supervise the processing thereof;

(3) Select qualified recipients to receive the scholarships, make such awards of scholarships to qualified recipients and determine the manner and method of payment to the recipient; and

(4) Operate the program in a manner designed to perpetuate the fund.

5. A student shall be eligible for an initial or renewed scholarship if, at the time of application and throughout the period during which the student is receiving such assistance, he or she is a part-time or full-time student who:

(1) Is seventeen years of age or older;

(2) Is a citizen or a permanent resident of the United States;

(3) Is a resident of the state of Missouri, as determined by reference to standards promulgated pursuant to section 173.140*;

(4) Was the child or legal dependent of an educational employee of a Missouri public school who was enrolled in and regularly contributing to the program for at least one year and who died while employed by such school district after August 28, 1999. Such one-year period shall not apply to persons enrolled during the first year after August 28, 1999, or to persons employed for less than one year;

(5) Is enrolled, or has been accepted for enrollment, as an undergraduate student in an approved private or public institution; and

(6) Establishes financial need.

6. A recipient of a scholarship awarded pursuant to the provisions of this section may transfer from one approved Missouri public or private institution to another without losing eligibility for the scholarship. If a recipient of the scholarship at any time withdraws from an approved private or public institution so that under the rules and regulations of that institution he or she is entitled to a refund of any tuition, fees or other charges, the institution shall pay the portion of the refund attributable to the scholarship for that term to the coordinating board for higher education for deposit in this program.