Bill No.: SF0101                  Drafter:  DRN

 

LSO No.:  11LSO-0437              Effective Date:  7/1/2011

 

Enrolled Act No.:  SEA0063

 

Chapter No.:       85

 

Prime Sponsor:     Senator Coe

 

Catch Title:       Hathaway student scholarship program.

 

Subject:  Extends Hathaway scholarship eligibility for students attending a community college in Wyoming. 

 

Summary/Major Elements:

 

·        Increases the semesters of Hathaway Scholarship (opportunity, performance and honor) availability from four (4) semesters to eight (8) semesters for students attending Wyoming community colleges that have received a degree or certificate from a community college or have successfully completed coursework that enables the student to enroll in a program that will result in a professional degree offered by a community college. 

 

·        This change is available prospectively, as well as for students that received the scholarship prior to the fall semester of 2011-2012 so long as scholarship eligibility is otherwise maintained. 

 

Comment:  The University of Wyoming and the Wyoming community college are required to report to the Joint Education Committee and Joint Appropriations Committee by November 1, 2011 in relation to implementation of standardized remediation efforts and recommendations that will improve retention rates for students that receive a Hathaway Scholarship.