Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 11 - KENTUCKY HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY › Chapter 15 - Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship Program › Section 11 KAR 15:010 - Definitions for 11 KAR Chapter 15

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 164.7871-164.7885,
				20 U.S.C.
				1087ll
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				164.748(4) requires the
				authority to promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to the awarding
				of grants, scholarships, and honorary scholarships as provided in
				KRS
				164.740 to
				164.7891.
				KRS
				164.7885(7) authorizes the
				authority to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration of
				the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship Program. This administrative
				regulation establishes the definitions for 11 KAR Chapter 15.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Academic term" is defined in
			 KRS
			 164.7874(1) and
			 13
			 KAR 2:045, Section 1(1).
(2) "Academic year" is defined in
			 KRS
			 164.7884(1).
(3) "ACT score" is defined in
			 KRS
			 164.7874(3).
(4) "Apprentice" is defined in
			 KRS
			 164.7884(1).
(5) "Authority" is defined in
			 KRS
			 164.7874(4).
(6) "Award period" is defined in
			 KRS
			 164.7874(5).
(7) "Correspondence course" means a home
			 study course that:
(a) Is provided by an
			 educational institution under which the institution provides instructional
			 materials, including examinations on the materials, to students who are not
			 physically attending classes at the institution;
(b) Meets the following requirements:
1. When a student completes a portion of the
			 instructional materials, the student takes the examinations that relate to that
			 portion of the materials and returns the examinations to the institution for
			 grading;
2. The institution
			 provides instruction through the use of video cassettes or video discs in an
			 academic year unless the institution also delivers the instruction on the
			 cassette or disc to students physically attending classes at an institution
			 during the same academic year; and
3. If a course is part correspondence and
			 part residential training, the course shall be considered to be a
			 correspondence course; and
(c) Does not include courses from the
			 Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual University (KCVU).
(8) "Council" is defined in
			 KRS
			 164.7874(6).
(9) "Cumulative grade point average" means
			 the total grade point average for a postsecondary education student as reported
			 by the postsecondary education institution where the student is currently
			 enrolled.
(10) "Eligible high
			 school student" is defined in
			 KRS
			 164.7874(7).
(11) "Eligible postsecondary student" is
			 defined in
			 KRS
			 164.7874(8).
(12) "Eligible program of study" means, for
			 purposes of enrollment in a participating institution, a postsecondary
			 undergraduate program that:
(a)
1. Leads to a certificate, diploma, or
			 associate or baccalaureate degree;
2. Is designated as an equivalent
			 undergraduate program of study by the council in an administrative regulation;
			 or
3. Is a degree program in a
			 field of study that is not available at any participating institution in the
			 Commonwealth but is offered at an out-of-state institution designated by the
			 council as an approved participating institution; and
(b) May include study abroad or away from the
			 main campus if the student pays tuition to, and is given academic credit by,
			 the participating institution for the study, except that a correspondence
			 course shall not be included.
(13) "Eligible student" is defined in
			 KRS
			 164.7884(1).
(14) "Full-time student" is defined in
			 KRS
			 164.7874(9).
(15) "Grade point average" is defined in
			 KRS
			 164.7874(10).
(16) "High school" is defined in
			 KRS
			 164.7874(11).
(17) "KEES" or "Kentucky Educational
			 Excellence Scholarship" is defined in
			 KRS
			 164.7874(12).
(18) "KEES Program officer" means the
			 official designated on the administrative agreement, pursuant to
			 KRS
			 164.748(6) and
			 164.7874(20),
			 to serve as the participating institution's on-campus agent to certify all
			 institutional transactions and activities with respect to the Kentucky
			 Educational Excellence Scholarship Program.
(19) "Maximum award amount" means the KEES
			 award maximum defined by
			 KRS
			 164.7874(14).
(20) "Participating institution" is defined
			 in
			 KRS
			 164.7874(20).
(21) "Part-time student" is defined in
			 KRS
			 164.7874(21).
(22) "Registered apprenticeship program" is
			 defined in
			 KRS
			 164.7884(1).
(23) "Related instruction" is defined in
			 KRS
			 164.7884(1).
(24) "Sponsor" is defined in
			 KRS
			 164.7884(1).
(25) "Supplemental award" means the KEES
			 supplemental amount defined by
			 KRS
			 164.7874(17).