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WY Stat § 21-16-1102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally|Article 11 - Wyoming Community College Endowment Challenge Program|Section 21-16-1102 - Definitions.

21-16-1102. Definitions.| (a) As used in this article:  (i) "Challenge fund" means the community college endowment challenge fund created under this article;  (ii) "Endowment gift" means an irrevocable gift or transfer to a Wyoming community college foundation of money or other property, whether real, personal, tangible or intangible, and whether or not the donor or transferor retains an interest in the property, where the gift or the foundation's interest in the property is required to be used by the foundation exclusively for endowment purposes, where:  (A) The gift was received or the transfer occurred on or after July 1, 2004; or  (B) A commitment to make the gift or transfer was made in writing to the respective community college foundation, which commitment was received on or after July 1, 2004, and the gift was received or the transfer occurred not later than December 31 of the fifth calendar year following the calendar year in which the written commitment was made.  (iii) "Foundation" means an organization established for each community college that among other purposes, exists to generate additional revenues for community college programs and activities;  (iv) "Permanent endowment funds managed by a Wyoming community college foundation" means the endowment funds that are invested by the respective Wyoming community college foundation on a permanent basis and the earnings on those investments are dedicated to be expended exclusively to benefit and promote the mission, operation or any program or activity of the respective community college, including but not limited to professorships and student scholarships, increases to the corpus of the endowment and defraying reasonable costs of endowment administration.
WY Stat § 21-16-1103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally|Article 11 - Wyoming Community College Endowment Challenge Program|Section 21-16-1103 - Wyoming Community College Endowment Challenge Fund.

21-16-1103. Wyoming community college endowment challenge fund.| (a) The Wyoming community college endowment challenge fund is created and shall consist of seven (7) separate accounts, one (1) account for each Wyoming community college.  (b) The state treasurer shall invest funds within the fund created under subsection (a) of this section and shall deposit the earnings from fund investments to the general fund. Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008, 9-2-1012(e) or 9-4-207, other funds within the fund shall not lapse or revert until directed by the legislature and shall remain available for distribution as provided in this article.
WY Stat § 21-16-1201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally|Article 12 - Higher Education Endowment Accounts|Section 21-16-1201 - Excellence in Higher Education Endowment Fund; Hathaway Student Scholarship Endowment Fund; Distributions by State Treasurer; Legislative Restrictions.

21-16-1201. Excellence in higher education endowment fund; Hathaway student scholarship endowment fund; distributions by state treasurer; legislative restrictions.| (a) The excellence in higher education endowment fund is created as provided by W.S. 9-4-204(u)(vi).  (b) In addition to the excellence in higher education endowment fund, a student scholarship endowment fund, to be known as the Hathaway student scholarship endowment fund, is established as provided by W.S. 9-4-204(u)(vii).  (c) The state treasurer shall place earnings from the investment of monies in the excellence in higher education endowment fund in an income account for subsequent disbursement as provided in this subsection. Earnings for any fiscal year which are in excess of the spending policy amount established pursuant to W.S. 9-4-719(o) shall be distributed as provided by W.S. 9-4-719(m). The institutions receiving distributions of earnings within the spending policy amount pursuant to this subsection shall only expend ninety percent (90%) of the distribution in fiscal years in which the spending policy amount specified in W.S. 9-4-719(o) is reached or exceeded. In any fiscal year in which the spending policy amount specified in W.S. 9-4-719(o) is not reached, the shortfall in distributions an institution would have received if the spending policy amount had been reached shall be made up in equal parts by an authorization for the institution to expend funds saved under this subsection when the spending policy amount is reached or exceeded and an equal amount appropriated from the excellence in higher education endowment reserve account as provided in W.S. 9-4-719(n). Earnings within the spending policy amount shall be distributed at the times provided in W.S. 9-4-108 as follows:  (i) Two-thirds (2/3) to the University of Wyoming;  (ii) The remaining one-third (1/3) equally to each Wyoming community college.  (d) Commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, earnings from the Hathaway student scholarship endowment fund created by this article shall be transferred by the state treasurer to the Hathaway scholarship expenditure account created by W.S. 21-16-1302.
WY Stat § 21-16-1203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally|Article 12 - Higher Education Endowment Accounts|Section 21-16-1203 - Excellence in Higher Education Endowment Fund Distributions to Wyoming Community Colleges.

21-16-1203. Excellence in higher education endowment fund distributions to Wyoming community colleges.| (a) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 148, § 2.  (b) Each community college shall use the earnings received under W.S. 21-16-1201(c)(ii) as provided by this section to establish endowed faculty positions and to acquire instructional and resource materials, classroom equipment and other resources necessary to support the work of the endowed faculty. The following shall govern each community college in the use of these funds:  (i) Funds shall be used for recruitment or retention of faculty, either permanent or temporary, possessing special skills or demonstrated excellence improving the quality of educational and outreach instruction;  (ii) The earnings received shall be used for the recruitment and retention of faculty with abilities necessary to establish or expand vocational programs and program quality benefiting communities, businesses and industries within respective service areas. The purpose of this paragraph is to enhance the ability of community colleges to prepare students for a lifetime of higher wages and expanded job opportunities, to provide local and regional businesses and industries with an improved, better trained and better educated workforce and to increase the economic stability of proximate communities and the entire state;  (iii) Earnings not expended pursuant to paragraph (ii) of this subsection which are received shall be used for the recruitment and retention of faculty with established reputations in academic areas offered by each individual community college. The purpose of this paragraph is to improve the ability of colleges to better prepare students to pursue bachelor and graduate degrees at the University of Wyoming or other four (4) year institutions and offer additional courses of outreach instruction to high school and adult populations within their service areas.  (c) The community colleges may collaborate with the University of Wyoming on the use of earnings received from the excellence in higher education endowment fund.
WY Stat § 21-16-1204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally|Article 12 - Higher Education Endowment Accounts|Section 21-16-1204 - Annual Reports; Review by Committees.

21-16-1204. Annual reports; review by committees.| (a) Not later than October 1, 2006, and October 1 of each year thereafter, the University of Wyoming and each Wyoming community college shall report to the joint appropriations and joint education interim committees of the legislature and to the governor on the use and expenditure of earnings from the excellence in higher education endowment fund pursuant to this article, including the following:  (i) Faculty positions partially or fully funded through the endowment program;  (ii) The name of each faculty member filling a position identified under paragraph (i) of this subsection, together with that individual's education and experience and a summary of his research and instructional activities during the preceding academic year;  (iii) A description of the benefits of the research or instruction provided by the individual filling a position identified under paragraph (i) of this subsection during the preceding academic year, to students, businesses, industries or to other Wyoming residents as required under this article;  (iv) Reserve fund distributions pursuant to W.S. 9-4-719(n).  (b) Upon receipt of reports by the University of Wyoming and each Wyoming community college on the use and expenditure of earnings as required under subsection (a) of this section, the joint appropriations and joint education interim committees shall report to members of the Wyoming legislature and the governor on the progress made by the university and community colleges in achieving the purposes stated under this article for distributions from the excellence in higher education endowment fund and shall recommend any necessary changes to the higher education endowment program to accomplish these purposes. The reports required under this subsection shall be made in sufficient time to enable consideration by the legislature at the general or budget session immediately following the receipt of reports submitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
WY Stat § 21-16-1302 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally|Article 13 - Hathaway Scholarship Program|Section 21-16-1302 - Hathaway Scholarship Expenditure Account Created; Reserve Account Created; Use and Appropriation of Funds.

21-16-1302. Hathaway scholarship expenditure account created; reserve account created; use and appropriation of funds.| (a) The Hathaway scholarship expenditure account is created to consist of earnings from the Hathaway student scholarship endowment fund created by W.S. 9-4-204(u)(vii) and such other funds appropriated by the legislature to the expenditure account. Eighty percent (80%) of all monies deposited to the expenditure account under this section shall be available for scholarships under W.S. 21-16-1304 and 21-16-1305. Twenty percent (20%) of all monies deposited to the expenditure account under this section shall be available for scholarships under W.S. 21-16-1306. Monies within the expenditure account are continuously appropriated to the state treasurer for distribution to eligible institutions based on scholarships awarded under this article. All unexpended and unencumbered monies within the expenditure account at the end of each fiscal year shall be deposited by the state treasurer to the Hathaway student scholarship reserve account.  (b) There is created the Hathaway student scholarship reserve account. The reserve account shall consist of those monies deposited to the account pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and such other funds appropriated by the legislature to the reserve account. Interest and other earnings on funds within the reserve account shall be credited to the reserve account. To the extent funds within the Hathaway scholarship expenditure account are insufficient in any fiscal year to fully fund scholarships awarded under this article, monies within the reserve account shall be deposited by the state treasurer to the expenditure account for distribution to eligible institutions to fund those scholarships. As soon as possible after the end of each of the fiscal years beginning on and after July 1, 2007, the state treasurer shall transfer monies from this reserve account to the Hathaway student scholarship endowment fund to the extent monies within the reserve account are in excess of the greater of twelve million dollars ($12,000,000.00) or an amount equal to four and one-half percent (4.5%) of the previous five (5) year average market value of the Hathaway student scholarship endowment fund, calculated from the first day of the fiscal year. The state treasurer shall report not later than November 1, of each year to the joint education interim committee and the select committee on capital financing and investments the amount of funds within the reserve account at the end of the previous fiscal year and as of July 1, of the current fiscal year.
WY Stat § 21-16-1306 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally|Article 13 - Hathaway Scholarship Program|Section 21-16-1306 - Need Based Scholarships.

21-16-1306. Need based scholarships.| (a) In addition to scholarships made available under W.S. 21-16-1304 and 21-16-1305 there shall be made available a need based Hathaway scholarship as follows:  (i) The scholarship shall be available only to students qualifying for a scholarship under W.S. 21-16-1304 or 21-16-1305 and for federal financial aid. The scholarships under this section shall be computed and awarded as follows:  (A) If the student has annual unmet financial need of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) or less no award;  (B) If the student has annual unmet financial need greater than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00):  (I) If the student is eligible for a Hathaway honor scholarship an award under this section in an amount equal to the annual unmet financial need exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). A scholarship under this subdivision shall continue as long as the student remains eligible for a Hathaway honor scholarship;  (II) If a student is eligible for a scholarship under this article but does not qualify under subdivision (I) of this subparagraph an award equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the annual unmet financial need in excess of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), but not to exceed one thousand five hundred seventy-five dollars ($1,575.00) per year.  (C) A student qualifying for any award under this section shall receive a minimum amount of one hundred five dollars ($105.00) for each semester of qualification. One-half (1/2) of the annual award amount under this section shall be provided to the student at each semester of qualification;  (D) For a student enrolled in a graduate degree program, an annual award provided under this section shall not exceed the University of Wyoming's undergraduate cost of attendance for the applicable year less two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). [NOTE: This subparagraph will be effective 7/1/2022.]  (b) The department shall provide scholarships under this section from funds made available under W.S. 21-16-1302 and the state treasurer shall reimburse eligible institutions accordingly under W.S. 21-16-1308. All requirements for scholarship recipients applicable under this article shall be applicable to scholarships under this section. The department, in consultation with each eligible institution, shall by rule designate a date for each academic year upon which each eligible institution shall make the final computation for unmet need for students receiving a scholarship under this section, consistent with each institution's schedule for determining actual cost of attendance for students at that institution.
WY Stat § 21-16-1309 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally|Article 13 - Hathaway Scholarship Program|Section 21-16-1309 - Scholarship Amounts.

21-16-1309. Scholarship amounts.| (a) To the extent a scholarship under this article would, when combined with any grant or scholarship from a student financial aid program administered through the state or any state institution, in any semester exceed the cost of attendance at the eligible institution, the scholarship under this article shall be reduced by the amount necessary to not exceed that cost of attendance.  (b) To the extent sufficient funds are not available in the expenditure account to fund all scholarships as provided under this article:  (i) Funds available for scholarships under W.S. 21-16-1304 and 21-16-1305 shall be used for scholarships under W.S. 21-16-1306 after all scholarships under W.S. 21-16-1304 and 21-16-1305 have been paid;  (ii) Funds available for scholarships under W.S. 21-16-1306 shall be used for scholarships under W.S. 21-16-1304 and 21-16-1305 after all scholarships under W.S. 21-16-1306 have been paid;  (iii) After all funds within the expenditure account have been expended, funds within the Hathaway student scholarship reserve account shall be used to fund any remaining scholarships awarded under this article;  (iv) If no funds remain available in the expenditure account or reserve account at the time payment is required to be made to an institution for any semester, the payment to the eligible institutions shall be reduced on a first come first served basis using the student's application date for the scholarship.
WY Stat § 21-16-1310 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally|Article 13 - Hathaway Scholarship Program|Section 21-16-1310 - Legislative Oversight and Authority.

21-16-1310. Legislative oversight and authority.| Nothing in this article shall be construed to constitute an entitlement to a scholarship established and funded by the legislature. Wyoming Hathaway scholarships shall be subject to legislative appropriation and the legislature reserves the right to modify or terminate the program established under this article at any time.
WY Stat § 21-16-1311 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally|Article 13 - Hathaway Scholarship Program|Section 21-16-1311 - Hathaway Scholarship Program Reporting.

21-16-1311. Hathaway scholarship program reporting.| The University of Wyoming and each community college shall report on the use of all scholarship funds controlled by the institution, exclusive of federal funds. The report shall show the total scholarship funds, including scholarship funds granted via tuition discounts, for the most recently completed biennium contrasted with the biennium ending June 30, 2006. The report shall show how any funds supplanted by Hathaway scholarships have been reallocated for other scholarship and student financial aid programs or have been rebudgeted for other purposes and the plans for such funds for the coming biennium. The report shall describe the extent to which the university and community colleges have included within regular written or electronic communications transmitted to alumni of the institutions, information on the progress of the scholarship programs established under this article and information on making contributions to the Hathaway student scholarship endowment account. The Wyoming community college commission shall specify the format of, and combine and transmit the reports on behalf of each college. The University of Wyoming and the community college commission shall include the reports within the respective biennial budget requests submitted under W.S. 9-2-1013.
WY Stat § 21-16-1401 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally|Article 14 - University of Wyoming Academic Facilities Challenge Fund|Section 21-16-1401 - Definitions.

21-16-1401. Definitions.| (a) As used in this article:  (i) "Challenge account" means the university academic facilities challenge account established under W.S. 21-16-1402;  (ii) "Qualifying contribution" means a transfer of money or other property of a value of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) to the University of Wyoming foundation to be expended exclusively for university academic facilities as approved by the university president and board of trustees. The commitment for a qualifying contribution or the contribution itself shall be made in writing on or after October 1, 2005. The contribution shall be actually received by the University of Wyoming foundation on or before December 31 of the fifth calendar year following the calendar year in which the written commitment was made. Members of a single family may aggregate their individual gifts to meet the minimum dollar threshold required for matching funds. Gifts from nonfamily members in memory of a deceased individual may also be aggregated to meet the minimum dollar threshold required for matching funds.
WY Stat § 21-16-1402 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally|Article 14 - University of Wyoming Academic Facilities Challenge Fund|Section 21-16-1402 - University Academic Facilities Challenge Account.

21-16-1402. University academic facilities challenge account.| (a) The university academic facilities challenge account is created.  (b) The state treasurer shall invest amounts deposited within the account in accordance with law. All investment earnings shall be credited to the general fund. Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008, 9-2-1012(e) or 9-4-207, other funds within the account shall not lapse or revert until directed by the legislature and shall remain available for distribution as provided in this article.
WY Stat § 21-16-1601 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally|Article 16 - University of Wyoming Reclamation and Restoration Center Challenge Account|Section 21-16-1601 - Definitions.

21-16-1601. Definitions.| (a) As used in this article:  (i) "Challenge account" means the reclamation and restoration challenge account established under W.S. 21-16-1602;  (ii) "Qualifying contribution" means a transfer of money or other property of a value of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) to the University of Wyoming foundation to be expended by the university exclusively for the Wyoming reclamation and restoration center. The commitment for a qualifying contribution or the contribution itself shall be made in the period beginning July 1, 2011 and ending June 30, 2018. The contribution shall be actually received by the University of Wyoming foundation on or before June 30, 2020.
WY Stat § 21-16-1602 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally|Article 16 - University of Wyoming Reclamation and Restoration Center Challenge Account|Section 21-16-1602 - University Reclamation and Restoration Challenge Account.

21-16-1602. University reclamation and restoration challenge account.| (a) The university reclamation and restoration challenge account is created.  (b) All investment earnings from funds in the account shall be credited to the account. Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008, 9-2-1012(e) or 9-4-207, funds within the account shall not lapse or revert until June 30, 2022. Until reverted, funds within the account are continuously appropriated and shall remain available for distribution as provided in this article.
WY Stat § 21-16-1701 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 21 - Education|Chapter 16 - Higher Education Generally|Article 17 - College Credit Retention|Section 21-16-1701 - Presumption Relating to Previously Taken Courses; Hearing.

21-16-1701. Presumption relating to previously taken courses; hearing.| Any Wyoming institution of higher education receiving funding from the state of Wyoming shall accept as valid and transferrable any college level credit hour previously completed with an acceptable grade in any other Wyoming institution of higher education. An institution of higher education may decline to accept a credit hour only if there is a lack of demonstrable applicability to the current educational standards of the institution. The length of time since completion of the credit hour, without more, shall not demonstrate a lack of applicability. Each institution of higher education shall establish appropriate policies to implement this section, which shall include an appeals process available to persons who are denied acceptance of a college level credit hour.