Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 3, September 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
164.518
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
164.518(3) requires the
authority to promulgate administrative regulations for administration of the
Early Childhood Development Scholarship Program. This administrative regulation
establishes the conditions for Early Childhood Development Scholarship
eligibility for a student simultaneously enrolled in two (2) or more
participating institutions.
Section 1.
For purposes of the Early Childhood Development Scholarship program, a student,
who is otherwise eligible pursuant to
KRS
164.518 and is enrolled simultaneously at two
(2) or more participating institutions pursuing a program of study jointly
offered by those institutions, shall be eligible under this section if:
(1) The eligible program of study is covered
by a consortium agreement between the participating institutions; and
(2) The eligible postsecondary student is
carrying a combined academic workload at all participating institutions in the
consortium equal to no more than nine (9) credit hours, except as provided in
11
KAR 16:010, Section 1(1)(a).
Section 2. Consortium Agreement. Two (2) or
more participating institutions in the Early Childhood Development Scholarship
program shall, for purposes of Section 1 of this administrative regulation,
execute a consortium agreement which meets at least the following terms and
conditions:
(1) The agreement shall be written
and signed by authorized representatives of each participating
institution;
(2) The agreement
shall designate which participating institution will serve as the "primary"
institution; and
(3) The agreement
shall specify that the primary institution shall perform the duties set forth
in Section 3 of this administrative regulation.
Section 3. Duties of Primary Institution. The
primary institution designated in a consortium agreement shall assume the
following duties and responsibilities:
(1)
Maintain all records, including information from all participating institutions
about the eligible postsecondary student's grades, institutional costs
incurred, financial aid received, enrollment, and all other information related
to the student's eligibility as is required to be maintained on any other Early
Childhood Development Scholarship recipient enrolled in the primary
institution;
(2) Disburse the Early
Childhood Development Scholarship to the eligible postsecondary
student;
(3) Confer academic credit
to the eligible postsecondary student for all courses completed at other
participating institutions under the consortium agreement as if the courses had
been provided by the primary institution;
(4) Monitor the eligible postsecondary
student's enrollment status at all participating institutions in the consortium
and indicate the student's enrollment at the primary institution as the
equivalent of the combined enrollment at all participating institutions in the
consortium;
(5) Calculate any
refund or repayment and make an applicable refund based on the primary
institution's refund policy, as provided in
11
KAR 16:030 based upon a change in enrollment at a
participating institution in the consortium, as if the student were enrolled at
the primary institution; and
(6)
Provide to the authority, on behalf of all participating institutions in the
consortium, all required reports and notifications as if the student were
enrolled only at the primary institution.
Section 4. The consortium agreement may
contain other terms and conditions, not inconsistent with this administrative
regulation, as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the participating
institutions.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
164.518(3),
164.748(4)
