Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 176, 1986 Acts ch. 401
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: An adequate staff is
essential to the efficient operation of the engineering functions within the
Transportation Cabinet. The purpose of the Transportation Scholarship Program
is to provide highly qualified individuals to fill the cabinet's needs and
improve the overall engineering expertise available within the cabinet. This
administrative regulation provides policy and procedure for the Transportation
Scholarship Program for civil engineers and civil engineering technologists, or
other branches of engineering if approved by the Secretary of
Transportation.
Section 1.
Responsibilities.
(1) The Secretary of
Transportation shall be responsible for approving scholarships in civil
engineering or engineering technology, or other branches of engineering when a
need exists in the Transportation Cabinet.
(2) The State Highway Engineer, subject to
the approval of the Secretary of Transportation, shall be responsible for the
overall policies, guidance, administration, and proper utilization of the
Transportation Scholarship Program.
(3) Universities participating in the program
shall enter into a written agreement with the Transportation Cabinet in which
the university agrees to accept the following responsibilities:
(a) Appoint a scholarship selection committee
from the faculty of the university department affected. That committee will
receive and review applications for scholarships to attend their university and
make recommendations for awards to the State Highway Engineer.
(b) Notify all successful applicants of
requirements for enrollment and attendance at the university.
(c) Provide academic guidance and counseling
to each scholarship recipient.
(d)
Provide to the Transportation Cabinet semester grades, semester grade point
averages, and overall grade point averages for each scholarship
student.
(e) Aid the cabinet in
overall coordination of the program and provide space for meetings.
(f) Notify the cabinet immediately if any
scholarship student fails to enroll or attend the university, or leaves the
university.
Section
2. Eligibility. To be eligible for a scholarship, an applicant
shall be:
(1) A senior attending an accredited
Kentucky high school, or a high school graduate who is a resident of Kentucky;
or
(2) A university student
enrolled in preengineering, engineering, or engineering technology who is a
resident of Kentucky and who meets minimum academic standards established by
the Transportation Cabinet.
Section
3. Application for Scholarship. An eligible applicant shall submit
a scholarship application to the university the applicant desires to attend by
the deadline listed on the application. Application forms are available at each
of the participating universities, accredited Kentucky high schools or the
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Office of the State Highway Engineer, State
Office Building, Frankfort, Kentucky.
Section
4. Award of Scholarship. Scholarships shall be awarded by the
State Highway Engineer in accordance with recommendations by the university
scholarship selection committees, except the numbers of scholarships may be
reduced because of funding limitations, and except a scholarship may be denied
to any student whose performance during work assignments with the cabinet has
been unsatisfactory.
Section 5.
Priority System.
(1) If the cabinet's need for
civil engineers or civil engineering technologists exceeds the supply of
available funds, a priority system for awarding scholarships shall be put into
effect by the State Highway Engineer.
(2) Priority shall be given as follows:
(a) Priority 1 - University seniors already
in the program.
(b) Priority 2 -
University juniors already in the program.
(c) Priority 3 - University sophomores
already in the program.
(d)
Priority 4 - Upper-class university students not in the program.
(e) Priority 5 - High school graduates
applying for university freshman scholarships.
Section 6. Benefits.
(1) Subject to the availability of funds and
changes in the cost of attending the universities, benefits for the scholarship
students shall consist of a monthly stipend paid during the normal academic
year.
(2) Stipend payments shall
not be made during summer school unless a student is attending a surveying camp
which is required for graduation and for which university credit is awarded.
Such students shall continue on stipend during the camp.
(3) Benefits shall be payable to scholarship
recipients enrolled in preengineering, civil engineering, or civil engineering
technology at a state university which has a written agreement with the
Transportation Cabinet. Scholarship recipients enrolled in other engineering
programs will be paid benefits only if the Secretary of Transportation has
declared there is a need in the Transportation Cabinet for engineers in
branches other than civil.
Section
7. Scholarship Students. An applicant who is awarded a
transportation scholarship shall comply with the following:
(1) Apply, be accepted, an enroll as a
full-time student in preengineering, civil engineering, or civil engineering
technology at a university with an agreement with the Transportation
Cabinet.
(2) Pay all university
tuition and fees, room, board, and book costs.
(3) Execute a contract with the
Transportation Cabinet which requires at a minimum that:
(a) He shall provide the cabinet, on request,
copies of all grade reports issued by the university.
(b) He shall pursue a degree in civil
engineering or civil engineering technology on a full-time basis and maintain
adequate grades as established by the Transportation Cabinet.
(c) He shall work one (1) calendar year for
the Transportation Cabinet after graduation for each academic year a
scholarship was received. Employment by any other agency of state government
shall not satisfy this obligation.
(d) He shall refund all scholarship monies
received in the event he breaches the scholarship program contract.
(e) He shall forfeit or refund the
scholarship monies in the event he resigns from the Transportation Cabinet or
scholarship program before completing the work obligation, fails to make
adequate grades, fails to remain in school full-time pursuing a degree in
engineering or engineering technology, or is dismissed after permanent
employment due to his violation of any personnel statutes or administrative
regulation before completing the work obligation.
Section 8. Work performed as a
seasonal employee during periods a scholarship student is not in school shall
not count toward the student's work obligation. However, if a student fails to
complete a degree in civil or other branch of engineering or engineering
technology but subsequently becomes a permanent, full-time employee of the
Transportation Cabinet, work performed as a permanent, full-time employee shall
satisfy the student's work obligation on a month-for-month basis.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
174.080