2006 Kansas Code - 74-32,101

      74-32,101.   Definitions. As used in this act:

      (a)   "Executive officer" means the chief executive officer of the state board of regents appointed under K.S.A. 74-3203a, and amendments thereto;

      (b)   "qualified student" means a person who: (1) Is a resident of the state of Kansas; (2) has been accepted for admission to or is enrolled full time in a course of instruction leading to licensure as a teacher; and (3) has qualified for the award of a scholarship under the teacher service scholarship program on the basis of having demonstrated scholastic ability, or who has previously so qualified and remains qualified for renewal of the scholarship on the basis of remaining in good standing and making satisfactory progress toward completion of the requirements of the course of instruction in which enrolled;

      (c)   "hard-to-fill teaching discipline" means (1) a teaching discipline in which there is a critical shortage of teachers as determined and specified by the state board of education; and (2) the teaching disciplines of mathematics and science for any of the grades five through 12; and

      (d)   "underserved area" means a geographic area of the state in which there is a critical shortage of teachers as determined and specified by the state board of education.

      History:   L. 1990, ch. 273, § 2; L. 1991, ch. 236, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 151, § 20; L. 2005, ch. 194, § 20; May 19.