HB0036SS001

This amendment modifies the Hathaway scholarship bill to focus on definitions, academic progress standards, and minimum enrollment requirements while removing the work/residency requirement for scholarship recipients.

• Changes the bill title to emphasize modifications to definitions, satisfactory academic progress standards, minimum enrollment hours for eligibility, and scholarship awards, removing reference to work/graduate school requirements. (Page 1, lines 2-6)
• Removes the phrase 'specifying applicability' from the bill summary. (Page 1, line 4)
• Expands the statutory sections being amended to include new subsections (xiv) under 21-16-1301(a) and new subparagraphs (C) under 21-16-1304(a)(i), (ii), (iii) and 21-16-1305(a)(i), in addition to the original 21-16-1301(a)(iv). (Page 1, lines 9-16)
• Reinstates 'or' as a conjunction in the definition section. (Page 2, line 4)
• Changes reference from 'an academic year' to 'a' in describing certificate programs. (Page 2, line 5)
• Deletes language limiting certificate definitions to specific types of programs. (Page 2, line 6)
• Removes text restricting certificate programs to those offered by Wyoming community colleges. (Page 2, lines 7-24)
• Replaces language about state limitations with provisions allowing programs to require on-the-job training and credit hours for completion. (Page 2, lines 10-28)
• Deletes text that narrowly defined certificate programs. (Page 2, lines 11-12)
• Removes 'programs' reference and associated punctuation. (Page 2, line 13)
• Adds new definition of 'satisfactory academic progress' specifying minimum semester credit hour requirements (6 hours for enrollment below 12 hours, 12 hours for enrollment at 12 or more hours), with special provisions for Wyoming community college programs requiring on-the-job training that allow completion of fewer than 6 hours per semester. (Page 2, lines 34-14 (continuing to Page 3, line 14))
• Adds new subparagraph (C) under Hathaway opportunity scholarships for students enrolled in Wyoming community college programs with on-the-job training components and fewer than 6 hours per semester, calculating awards as a fraction of the standard amount based on actual enrollment hours divided by 12. (Page 2, lines 31-37)
• Adds new subparagraph (C) under Hathaway performance scholarships for students enrolled in Wyoming community college programs with on-the-job training components and fewer than 6 hours per semester, using the same fractional calculation as opportunity scholarships. (Page 2, lines 46 to Page 3, line 5)
• Adds new subparagraph (C) under Hathaway honor scholarships for students enrolled in Wyoming community college programs with on-the-job training components and fewer than 6 hours per semester, using the same fractional calculation. (Page 3, lines 14-20)
• Adds requirement for students to make satisfactory academic progress to remain eligible, with provisions allowing reinstatement and delegation of exception authority to eligible institutions under department rules. (Page 3, lines 25-39)
• Adds new subparagraph (C) under Hathaway provisional opportunity scholarships for students enrolled in Wyoming community college programs with on-the-job training and fewer than 6 hours per semester, using the same fractional calculation method. (Page 3, lines 10-16)

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