Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 88 - KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS › Article 9a - KANSAS PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP › Section 88-9a-5 - Scholarship agreement

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each student
			 who is determined qualified by a promise-eligible institution for a promise
			 scholarship shall enter into a promise scholarship agreement with the board of
			 regents.
(b) Each promise
			 scholarship agreement shall require the student to meet the following
			 requirements:
(1) Enroll as a full-time
			 student or a part-time student in a promise-eligible program at the
			 promise-eligible institution from which the student is receiving the promise
			 scholarship;
(2) within 36 months
			 of the initial promise scholarship award date, meet one of the following
			 requirements:
(A) Successfully complete the
			 promise-eligible program for which the student received the promise
			 scholarship; or
(B) if the
			 promise-eligible program for which the promise scholarship is awarded is a
			 career and technical education associate degree or certificate program that
			 leads to multiple credentials, successfully complete the number of credit hours
			 necessary to earn the first credential in that promise-eligible
			 program;
(3) within six
			 months after successfully completing the promise-eligible program for which the
			 promise scholarship was awarded, meet one of the following requirements:
(A) Reside in and commence work in Kansas and
			 continue to reside and work in Kansas for at least two consecutive years
			 following completion of the promise-eligible program for which the promise
			 scholarship was awarded; or
(B)
			 enroll as a full-time student or a part-time student in any public or private
			 postsecondary educational institution with its primary location in Kansas and,
			 within six months of graduation or failure to remain continuously enrolled,
			 reside in and commence work in Kansas, and continue to reside and work in
			 Kansas for at least two consecutive years;
(4) until released from the scholarship
			 agreement obligations, maintain records and annually report to the board of
			 regents the following personal information on the form provided by the board:
(A) Full legal name;
(B) current residential address;
(C) telephone number;
(D) personal and work electronic-mail
			 addresses;
(E) contact information
			 for two individuals at different addresses who know how to contact the
			 student;
(F) the name of each
			 promise-eligible institution that awarded a promise scholarship to the
			 student;
(G) the promise-eligible
			 program credential sought by the student;
(H) specification of whether the student
			 successfully completed the promise-eligible program for which the student's
			 promise scholarship was awarded;
(I) the student's employment status, current
			 employer contact information, original hire date, and employer verification of
			 the information required by this paragraph;
(J) the student's Kansas postsecondary
			 institution enrollment status, name of institution currently attending, course
			 of study in which the student is enrolled, anticipated graduation date, and
			 registrar's verification information; and
(K) any additional relevant information that
			 the board of regents may require; and
(5) upon failure to meet any requirement of
			 the promise scholarship agreement, repay to the board of regents the full
			 amount of the promise scholarship awarded to the student, with interest
			 accruing beginning on the date the student is determined by the board to be out
			 of compliance and at the rate established pursuant to K.S.A. 2021 Supp.
			 74-32,276 and amendments
			 thereto.