Eligibility for the Technical Excellence Higher Education Scholarship Program. (FE)

What it does

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill makes changes to the eligibility requirements for the Technical Excellence Higher Education Scholarship Program. Under that program, the Higher Educational Aids Board awards annual scholarships to certain scholars, designated on the basis of their level of proficiency in technical education subjects, who enroll in a technical college district school (school). Upon enrollment, a student may receive annual scholarships if he or she satisfies the following eligibility requirements for each academic year. First, the student must be enrolled full time.

Second, the student must make satisfactory progress toward an associate degree, bachelor's degree, or vocational diploma. Third, the student must maintain at least a 3.000 grade point average or the equivalent, as determined by the school. A student is eligible for the scholarships for no more than three years. If a student satisfies the eligibility requirements for an academic year, then the student is eligible to receive the scholarship in the subsequent year. However, if a student does not enroll in a school in the subsequent year, he or she is eligible to receive the scholarship in the second year following the academic year in which he or she previously received the scholarship.

Who's behind it

9 lawmakers are its authors⁠. All 9 are Republicans.

6 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

What it would cost

State agencies filed a cost estimate. Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

• Fiscal Estimate From HEAB
• Fiscal Estimate From WTCS