Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 88 - KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS › Article 9a - KANSAS PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP › Section 88-9a-1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Each of the following terms, when used in this article of the
				board of regents' regulations in reference to the Kansas promise scholarship
				act, shall have the meaning specified in this regulation:
(a) "Academic year" means the period of time
			 beginning with July 1 of one calendar year and ending with June 30 of the next
			 calendar year.
(b) "Associate
			 degree transfer program" means a program that meets the requirements in K.S.A.
			 2021 Supp.
			 74-32,272(d)(1)(A)
			 or 74-32,272(d)(1)(B)
			 and amendments thereto. Associate degree transfer programs typically include
			 the associate of arts, associate of science, associate of general studies, and
			 associate of fine arts, each of which provides the academic knowledge and
			 skills necessary to prepare the student for continuation of the student's
			 postsecondary education at an institution that offers four-year baccalaureate
			 degree programs.
(c) "Award date"
			 means the scholarship recipient's first day of class in the semester,
			 trimester, or other academic period for which any part of the student's
			 tuition, fees, books, or supplies are first funded by the Kansas promise
			 scholarship.
(d) "Complete the free
			 application for federal student aid (FAFSA)" means that the student has a
			 completed FAFSA application on file with the institution at which the student
			 is applying for a promise scholarship. A completed FAFSA application is one
			 that has produced a valid institutional student information record (ISIR) and
			 is free of error codes that would render the student ineligible for federal
			 student financial aid. A valid ISIR is one that has not been rejected and has
			 been assigned an expected family contribution (EFC) or student aid index
			 (SAI).
(e) "Continuously enrolled"
			 means successfully completing at least six credit hours per academic year in
			 successive academic years.
(f)
			 "Full-time student" means that the student is enrolled in 12 or more credit
			 hours in each semester in which the student is enrolled.
(g) "Kansas resident" means domiciliary
			 resident, as defined in
			 K.S.A.
			 71-407 and amendments thereto.
(h) "Last dollar scholarship" means a
			 scholarship award that can be applied toward a student's tuition, fees, or
			 required books and materials only after all of the student's other financial
			 aid awards have been applied. Other financial aid awards shall include any
			 grant, scholarship, or financial assistance that does not require repayment and
			 is not earned through a work study program. Military financial educational
			 benefits and any family postsecondary savings account or other qualified
			 tuition program established pursuant to section 529 of the internal revenue
			 code of 1986 shall not be considered other financial aid awards.
(i) "Maintain satisfactory academic progress
			 in the courses of the promise-eligible program" means that the student's
			 academic work in the courses for which the student received a promise
			 scholarship is satisfactory, as determined by the promise-eligible institution
			 at which the student is enrolled based on the institution's general academic
			 policies.
(j) "Prerequisite course"
			 means a course or other requirement that is not part of the student's
			 promise-eligible program but that the student must successfully complete before
			 enrolling in a required course that is part of the student's promise-eligible
			 program.
(k) "Promise-eligible
			 institution" means any of the following "eligible postsecondary educational
			 institutions," as defined in
			 K.S.A.
			 74-32,271 and amendments thereto:
(1) Each community college and technical
			 college established under the laws of Kansas that has a recognized service
			 area, as defined in
			 K.S.A.
			 74-32,433 and amendments thereto;
(2) the Washburn institute of technology;
			 or
(3) each institution named in
			 K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 7432,164, and amendments thereto, that offers a
			 promise-eligible program.