2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 173 Department of Higher Education
Section 173.724. Higher education artistic scholarship program--definitions--administration--eligibility--transfer--rules, promulgation, procedure.

173.724. 1. There is hereby established a "Higher Education Artistic Scholarship Program". Moneys appropriated by the general assembly or moneys identified in section 173.252 may be used for this program to provide scholarships for Missouri citizens to attend an approved public or private institution of their choice pursuant to the provisions of this section. Such program shall award a maximum of ten initial artistic scholarships per year, in the amount of two thousand dollars per scholarship.

2. As used in this section, the following terms mean:

(1) "Approved private institution", as defined in section 173.205;

(2) "Approved public institution", as defined in section 173.205;

(3) "Artistic talent":

(a) Creation of the visual arts;

(b) Creation of and the performance of music;

(c) Creation of and the performance of theater;

(d) Creation of and the performance of musical theater; and

(e) Creation of and the performance of dance;

(4) "Artistic talent scholarship", an amount of money paid by the state of Missouri to a qualified college or university student who has demonstrated exceptional artistic talent pursuant to the provisions of this section.

3. 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 and regulations 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 scholarships to student artists of exceptional talent, and supervise the processing thereof; and

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

4. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.

5. A student shall be eligible for initial or renewed artistic talent scholarships if he or she is in compliance with the eligibility requirement set forth in section 173.215, excluding the requirement of financial need, and in addition meets the following requirements:

(1) Demonstration of exceptional artistic talent; and

(2) Declaration of intent to complete a college or university program of studies centered around the art or arts in which he or she has demonstrated talent for purposes of this section.

6. Artistic talent scholarships are renewable in the amount of two thousand dollars for each of the sophomore, junior and senior years of college or university study provided the recipient makes satisfactory academic degree progress as a full-time student and in addition, for each of the sophomore, junior and senior years, provides service to the institution in which enrolled in an academically related assignment. Students who hold artistic talent scholarships shall continue to enroll in a program of studies centered around the art or arts in which their talent is demonstrated for purposes of this section.

7. A recipient of an artistic talent scholarship awarded under 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.

(L. 1990 H.B. 1142 8, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)

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