164.751 Distinguished Student Recognition and Scholarship Award Program --
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Selection committee -- Award selection criteria.
(1)The Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority may expend such funds as
appropriated and exercise the powers otherwise granted to administer the Kentucky
Distinguished Student Recognition and Scholarship Award Program to reward
academic excellence among the state's talented students by providing financial
assistance to encourage attendance at the state's public universities, nonprofit
degree granting colleges, and community colleges. Awards and scholarships shall
be offered to students who demonstrate the highest potential for successful college
study. Recognition awards shall be awarded only once to an individual and shall
come solely from the authority. Scholarships shall be an equal match of funds
between the authority and the university and may be offered annually to eligible
students.
(a)The Governor shall appoint a nine
(9)member selection committee whose
members are representative of the geographic regions of the state and have
varied university affiliations. Members shall be appointed for a term of four
(4)years though the initial appointments may be less than four
(4)years to
establish staggered terms. The selection committee shall elect a chairman at
its first meeting and annually thereafter. The executive director of the
authority, or his designee, shall serve as secretary to the committee. The
committee shall meet at least semiannually and more often as necessary.
Members shall serve without salary but shall be reimbursed for actual and
necessary expenses in the same manner as state employees. Members may be
reappointed to the committee;
(b)The authority shall promulgate regulations for the administration of the
recognition award and scholarship programs. The regulations shall include but
not be limited to the following:
1. Eligibility requirements which shall include requirements that students
must be Kentucky citizens who have declared an intention to attend a
participating institution;
2. Award selection criteria including but not limited to the student's rank in
his class, grade-point average, leadership and service potential, and the
submission of a written essay;
3. Award amounts;
4. Selection committee, qualifications and duties;
5. Fund distribution formula;
6. Application deadlines; and
7. Administrative procedures.
(3)The applicant pool for the recognition and scholarship awards shall be made up of
the following Kentucky students:
(a)High school students who take one
(1)of the tests required for admission to
the state's public institutions of higher education in the spring or summer as a
junior or in the fall as a senior shall automatically become part of the
applicant pool for awards. Students scoring in the ninety-eighth or ninety-
ninth percentile on these tests shall receive invitations to submit applications
for a recognition award and a scholarship award;
(b)High school students nominated by the principal of an accredited high school
which is not represented by a student described in paragraph
(a)of this
subsection. The nominees shall receive an invitation to apply for the awards;
and
(c)High school graduates who have scores in the ninety-eighth or ninety-ninth
percentile on prior years' tests and who have not attended college may apply
for the awards.
(4)The authority shall present recognition awards to the highest ranking students in
accordance with the award selection criteria. The amount and number of awards
shall be determined by the authority and shall depend on the amount of funds
available. No more than twenty percent (20%) of the awards shall be awarded to
students who choose to attend an independent institution.
(5)The scholarships shall be an equal match between authority funds and institutional
funds which may include any form of gift aid except state grant funds.