Effective - 28 Aug 2022, 2 histories
173.2505. Scholarship eligibility — amount of scholarship, limitation — fund created. — 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Dual Credit and Dual Enrollment Scholarship Act".
2. To be eligible to receive the dual credit or dual enrollment scholarship, or both, a student shall:
(1) Be a United States citizen or permanent resident;
(2) Be a Missouri resident as defined by the coordinating board for higher education pursuant to section 173.005;
(3) Be enrolled in a dual credit or dual enrollment course offered by an approved dual credit provider or an approved dual enrollment provider, as defined in section 173.2500;
(4) Have a cumulative high school grade point average of at least two and a half on a four point scale or equivalent; and
(5) Meet one or more of the following indicators of economic need:
(a) Be individually eligible to be enrolled in a federal free or reduced-price lunch program, based on income levels established by the United States Department of Agriculture;
(b) Reside in a foster home, be a ward of the state, or be homeless as defined by Subtitle VII-B of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; or
(c) Receive as part of such student's immediate family low-income public assistance, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), or live in federally subsidized public housing.
3. The dual credit and dual enrollment scholarship is hereby created to provide financial assistance to high school students enrolling in dual credit or dual enrollment courses offered by an approved dual credit or dual enrollment provider. The coordinating board may promulgate rules for the administration of the program including establishing the application, eligibility, and payment procedures. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2016, shall be invalid and void.
4. Subject to appropriation, each eligible student shall be offered a dual credit or dual enrollment scholarship equal to the tuition and fees paid by the student to enroll in a dual credit or dual enrollment course offered by an approved dual credit or dual enrollment provider.
5. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Dual Credit and Dual Enrollment Scholarship Fund", which shall consist of moneys appropriated to the fund by the general assembly and private donations made to the fund. The state treasurer shall be the custodian of the fund and shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund.
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(L. 2016 S.B. 997, A.L. 2022 S.B. 718)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XI - Education and Libraries
Chapter 173 - Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development
Section 173.003 - Retirement and severance policies, uniformity requirement.
Section 173.007 - Commissioner of education, appointment by board — compensation — powers — duties.
Section 173.020 - Responsibilities of the coordinating board.
Section 173.030 - Additional responsibilities.
Section 173.035 - Resources, website directing students to — rulemaking authority.
Section 173.040 - Reports to governor and general assembly, contents.
Section 173.050 - Powers of coordinating board.
Section 173.081 - Rules and regulations, promulgation procedure.
Section 173.091 - Senior citizens' tuition exemption, qualifications, limitations, fee.
Section 173.093 - Limitations on awards of financial assistance.
Section 173.095 - Declaration of policy.
Section 173.100 - Definitions.
Section 173.105 - Board and department duties — required federal reports, submitted to whom.
Section 173.125 - Dispute resolution requirements.
Section 173.130 - Funds not currently needed may be invested, how.
Section 173.141 - Authorized actions of the board.
Section 173.150 - Recovery of loans.
Section 173.160 - Standards of eligibility for loans.
Section 173.170 - Standards of eligibility of loan agreements — discrimination prohibited.
Section 173.180 - Filing of regulations.
Section 173.186 - Guarantors of student loans, eligibility requirements.
Section 173.187 - Lender of last resort revolving fund, established, administration.
Section 173.252 - Interest, guaranty student loan fund, use of.
Section 173.258 - Director to deposit funds in kids' chance scholarship fund, when.
Section 173.270 - Foster care or residential care students, waiver of tuition and fees, when.
Section 173.275 - Foreign gifts to institutions — disclosure to department, when, how, contents.
Section 173.300 - Compact adopted.
Section 173.310 - Bylaws to be filed with secretary of state.
Section 173.320 - Selection of legislative members.
Section 173.330 - Commission members' expenses paid.
Section 173.350 - Citation of law.
Section 173.355 - Definitions.
Section 173.375 - Bond requirements for members of authority — filed where.
Section 173.380 - Conflict of interest, procedure to avoid.
Section 173.386 - Assets may not be used for payment of debt.
Section 173.387 - Authority may be originator of guaranteed student loan, conditions.
Section 173.393 - Misuse of moneys by recipient becomes liability, repayment of moneys.
Section 173.395 - Issuance of more than one series of bonds, requirements — refunding authorized.
Section 173.400 - Bonds construed to be negotiable instruments.
Section 173.410 - State or political subdivision not liable, statement on face of bond required.
Section 173.435 - Institutions and fiduciaries may invest in bonds.
Section 173.440 - Tax exemptions, bonds — exception.
Section 173.445 - Authority assigned to department of higher education — reports required.
Section 173.475 - No discrimination in hiring based on lack of a graduate degree, when.
Section 173.480 - Higher education capital fund created, use of moneys.
Section 173.600 - Definitions.
Section 173.602 - Certificate of approval required to offer courses for sale or solicit students.
Section 173.616 - Schools and courses that are exempt from sections 173.600 to 173.618.
Section 173.618 - Unlawful practices — injunction, board action — penalty.
Section 173.619 - Rules, promulgation.
Section 173.680 - Study on most frequent IT certifications requested by employers — report.
Section 173.700 - Midwestern higher education compact.
Section 173.705 - Midwestern higher education commission — members.
Section 173.708 - Membership of commission — terms — vacancies.
Section 173.730 - International student exchanges — matching funds.
Section 173.735 - Institutions of higher education, conflict of interest policy.
Section 173.754 - Unlawful use false or misleading degree, when — violation, penalty.
Section 173.775 - Citation — fund created.
Section 173.778 - Definitions.
Section 173.781 - High demand occupations and areas, board's duties.
Section 173.784 - Limitations on participation.
Section 173.787 - Loan forgiveness, when.
Section 173.790 - Contract for participation, terms and conditions.
Section 173.793 - Not a guarantee of admission, attendance, or graduation.
Section 173.796 - Tax credit for donations to fund — tax credits prohibited, when.
Section 173.1000 - Citation of law.
Section 173.1101 - Citation of law — references to program.
Section 173.1102 - Definitions.
Section 173.1103 - Board to administer program, duties of the board — fund created, use of moneys.
Section 173.1105 - Award amounts, minimums and maximums — adjustment in awards, when.
Section 173.1106 - Other financial assistance to be reported to board.
Section 173.1107 - Transfer of recipient, effect of.
Section 173.1108 - Inapplicability of sunset act.
Section 173.1350 - Grants authorized, amount, eligibility.
Section 173.1352 - Advanced placement exams, undergraduate course credit, when.
Section 173.1400 - Verification issued, when — form, information.
Section 173.2505 - Scholarship eligibility — amount of scholarship, limitation — fund created.