Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 38 - HATHAWAY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 38-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) "Attempted
				hours" means the number of non-remedial hours the student enrolls in, both
				graded and non-graded, as of the census date.
(b) "Award" means the monetary commitment
				made to an applicant for financial aid under the Hathaway Scholarship
				Program.
(c) "Census Date" means
				the date established by each eligible institution for the administration of
				federal aid programs.
(d) "College
				Entrance Exam Score" means the composite score the student earns on the college
				entrance exam, irrespective of whether the exam was provided by the state. The
				composite is the process of averaging the highest score from each section. The
				college entrance exam includes the residual college entrance exam and the
				college entrance exam taken with state-allowed accommodations.
(e) "College or Industry Preparatory Courses"
				means courses that provide the knowledge and skills of the core academic
				content and the skills of interpersonal communication, knowledge acquisition
				skills, and life skills to enable the student to perform in the world of
				college and industry as determined by the Wyoming Department of
				Education.
(f) "Commission" means
				the Wyoming Community College Commission.
(g) "Continuous Enrollment" means enrollment
				of at least one college-level credit in not less than two (2) consecutive fall
				and spring semesters at an eligible institution.
(h) "Cost of Attendance" (COA) means the sum
				of the cost of tuition before adjustment, mandatory fees, room and board, books
				and supplies, travel, and personal expenses to attend an eligible institution
				as determined annually by the institution in accordance with
				W.S.
				21-16-1306(b).
(i) "Earned Hours" means the hours for which
				a student has earned non-remedial credit.
(j) "Eligible Institution" means the
				University of Wyoming or a Wyoming community college.
(k) "Eligible Term" means the following fall
				or spring term in which the student's program of study is offered by an
				eligible institution.
(l)
				"Full-Time Semester" or "Equivalent of a Full-Time Semester" means twelve (12)
				or more semester hours of academic study undertaken in a semester or term,
				excluding remedial academic courses.
(m) "Full-Time Student" means a student who
				is enrolled in at least twelve (12) semester hours of academic study in each
				academic term in an eligible institution, excluding remedial academic
				courses.
(n) "Functional
				Equivalent" means a course approved by the Wyoming Department of Education that
				addresses the same content standards and substantial components of a named
				course within the success curriculum.
(o) "Good Cause" means the existence of
				unusual and extraordinary circumstances that affect a student's ability to meet
				eligibility requirements.
(p) "High
				School Equivalency Certificate" (HSEC) means a certificate earned through
				successful completion of a high school equivalency assessment authorized by the
				Wyoming Community College Commission.
(q) "High School Hathaway GPA" means the
				cumulative, unrounded GPA calculation of all courses taken in grades nine (9)
				through twelve (12) truncated to two decimal places and calculated in the
				following manner: weighted courses will be calculated on a five-point scale;
				all non-weighted courses taken in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) will be
				calculated on a standard four-point scale.
(r) "Home-Based Educational Program" means a
				program of educational instruction that meets the requirements of a basic
				educational program pursuant to
				W.S.
				21-4-101(a)(vi).
(s) Part-Time Student" means a student who is
				enrolled for at least six (6) but less than twelve (12) semester hours of
				academic study in each academic term in an eligible institution, excluding
				remedial academic courses.
(t)
				"Post-Secondary Hathaway GPA" means the post-secondary GPA used to determine
				continuing eligibility as determined by Section
				16 of these rules.
(u) "Professional Degree" means a degree
				earned through a program offered by a Wyoming community college that is both
				necessary and sufficient, excluding any licensing requirements, to enter a
				particular profession.
(v)
				"Provisional Eligibility" means the determination by an eligible institution
				that an applicant for a Hathaway scholarship meets preliminary scholarship
				requirements.
(w) "Satisfactory
				Academic Progress" (SAP) means earning at least six (6) non-remedial semester
				hours per semester if attempted hours are at least six (6) but less than twelve
				(12) semester hours or earning at least twelve (12) non-remedial semester hours
				per semester if twelve (12) or more semester hours are attempted and any other
				criteria as established by the eligible institution.
(x) "Semester Hour" means each non-remedial
				semester hour attempted for credit toward a degree or certificate, excluding
				any semester hours attempted before the initial use of a Hathaway
				Scholarship.
(y) "Special Term"
				means any period of time in which a course is offered that is not a summer,
				fall, or spring term.
(z) "Unmet
				Financial Need" means the cost of attendance (COA) minus the sum of expected
				family contribution and all federal, state, local, institutional, or private
				scholarships or grants received by the student, as determined by the eligible
				institution.
(aa) "WISER ID" means
				Wyoming Integrated Statewide Education Record Identifier, which allows tracking
				of individual student records from secondary institutions to post-secondary
				institutions for Hathaway Scholarship Program studies and reporting per W.S.
				W.S.
				21-16-1308(c).