(1) Not later than August 1, 1999, and each June 30 thereafter, each Kentucky high school shall submit to the authority, a compiled list of all high school students during the academic year. A high school shall report the grade point average of an eligible high school student pursuant to KRS § 164.7874 by January 15 following the end of the fall academic term in which the student completed the high school graduation requirements. The list shall identify the high school and shall contain each high school student’s name, Social Security number, address, grade point average for the academic year, expected or actual graduation date, highest ACT score, family eligibility status for free or reduced-price lunch, and each AP, Cambridge Advanced International, or IB examination score. The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky, the Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics, and the high school of a model and practice school under KRS § 164.380 shall report the data on its students to the authority. The list need not contain the ACT, AP, Cambridge Advanced International, or IB if the authority receives the scores directly from the testing services. The authority shall notify each eligible high school student of his or her Kentucky educational excellence scholarship award earned each academic year. The authority shall determine the final Kentucky educational excellence scholarship and supplemental award based upon the actual final grade point average, highest ACT score, and qualifying AP, Cambridge Advanced International, or IB scores and shall notify each eligible twelfth-grade high school student of the final determination. The authority shall make available a list of eligible high school and postsecondary students to participating institutions.
(2) The authority shall provide data access only to the Kentucky Longitudinal Data System and to those participating institutions that have either received an admission application from an eligible high school or postsecondary student or have been listed by the eligible high school or postsecondary student on the Free Application For Federal Student Aid.
(3) For each eligible postsecondary student enrolling in a participating institution after
July 1, 1999, the participating institution shall verify to the authority:
(a) The student’s initial eligibility for a Kentucky educational excellence scholarship, Kentucky educational excellence scholarship and supplemental award, or supplemental award only pursuant to KRS § 164.7879(3)(d) through the comprehensive list compiled by the authority or an alternative source satisfactory to the authority;
(b) The student’s highest ACT score attained by the date of graduation from high school, provided that the participating institution need not report the ACT score if the authority receives the ACT score directly from the testing services;
(c) The eligible postsecondary student’s full-time or part-time enrollment status at the beginning of each academic term; and
(d) The eligible postsecondary student’s cumulative grade point average after the
completion of each award period.
(4) Each participating institution shall submit to the authority a report, in a form satisfactory to the authority, of all eligible postsecondary students enrolled for that academic term. Kentucky educational excellence scholarships and supplemental awards shall be disbursed by the authority to each eligible postsecondary student attending a participating institution during the academic term within thirty (30) days after receiving a satisfactory report.
(5) The Kentucky educational excellence scholarship and the supplemental award shall not be reduced, except as provided in KRS § 164.7881(4).
(6) Kentucky educational excellence scholarships and supplemental awards shall not be awarded or disbursed to any eligible postsecondary students who are:
(a) In default on any loan under Title IV of the federal act; or
(b) Liable for any amounts that exceed annual or aggregate limits on any loan under Title IV of the federal act; or
(c) Liable for overpayment of any grant or loan under Title IV of the federal act;
or
(d) In default on any obligation to the authority under any programs administered by the authority until financial obligations to the authority are satisfied, except that ineligibility may be waived by the authority for cause.
(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS § 164.753, the authority may promulgate administrative regulations for the administration of Kentucky educational excellence scholarships and supplemental awards under the provisions of KRS
164.7871 to 164.7885 and KRS § 164.7889.
Effective: July 15, 2020
History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 66, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2020. — Amended
2015 Ky. Acts ch. 15, sec. 4, effective June 24, 2015; and 112, sec. 5, effective April
2, 2015. — Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 6, effective June 25, 2013; and ch.
90, sec. 6, effective June 25, 2013. — Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 134, sec. 25, effective July 15, 2008. — Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 6, effective June 20,
2005. — Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2002. — Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 13, sec. 5, effective July 14, 2000; and ch. 198, sec. 5, effective
July 14, 2000. — Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 575, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1998.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/25/2013). This statute was created with identical text in 2013 Ky. Acts chs. 18 and 90, which were companion bills. These Acts have been codified together.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/2000). This section was amended by
2000 Ky. Acts chs. 13 and 198. Where these Acts are not in conflict, they have been codified together. Where a conflict exists, Acts ch. 198, which was last enacted by the General Assembly, prevails under KRS § 446.250.