2012 Vermont Statutes
Title 16 Education
Chapter 79 SCHOLARSHIPS; REPORTS
§ 2539 Application, award, renewal

§ 2539. Application, award, renewal

(a) Applications for armed services scholarships shall be processed as follows:

(1) for a child or spouse of a member of the Vermont national guard or of the active reserve forces of the United States, by the Vermont adjutant general who shall verify the eligibility of the applicant as provided in section 2537 of this title; and

(2) for a child or spouse of a member of the armed forces of the United States, by the office of veterans' affairs who shall verify the eligibility of the applicant as provided in section 2537 of this title.

(b) On being notified of the applicant's matriculation at an institution as specified in subsection 2538(a) of this title, the adjutant general or office of veterans' affairs shall certify eligibility to the commissioner of finance and management who shall provide funds to the institution from the armed services scholarship fund established in section 2541 of this title.

(c) Application for renewal of an armed services scholarship shall be made annually with written endorsement by the proper officer of the institution attended that the holder of the scholarship has maintained satisfactory scholastic standing. On receipt of this certification, the adjutant general or office of veterans' affairs shall forward it to the commissioner of finance and management who shall provide funds to the institution for the ensuing year from the armed services scholarship fund established in section 2541 of this title. (Added 1967, No. 199, § 3; amended 2003, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)