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H0570aa........................................................by EDUCATION
PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP - Amends existing law to provide that a graduate of an
accredited secondary school or equivalent program outside the United States
may qualify for the promise scholarship if, within one year of leaving the
state due to military status or job relocation of a parent, the individual
or student graduated from an accredited secondary school or equivalent
program and the individual or student and a parent of the individual or
student were residents of Idaho.
02/06 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/07 Rpt prt - to Educ
02/19 Rpt out - to Gen Ord
02/25 Rpt out amen - to engros
02/26 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
02/27 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/04 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 59-9-2
AYES -- Aikele, Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black,
Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Callister, Campbell, Clark, Collins,
Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13),
Field(20), Gagner, Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Henbest, Jaquet, Jones,
Kellogg(Duncan), Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Langford, Mader, Martinez,
Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Pischner, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger,
Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith(33), Smith(23),
Smylie, Stevenson, Stone, Tilman, Trail, Wheeler, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Crow, Harwood, Higgins, Hornbeck, Loertscher, McKague, Moyle,
Pearce, Wood
Absent and excused -- Bruneel, Roberts
Floor Sponsor - Trail
Title apvd - to Senate
03/05 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/11 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/12 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/14 3rd rdg - PASSED - 24-1-10
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
Burtenshaw, Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Geddes, Goedde, Hill,
Ipsen, Little, Lodge, Marley, Noh, Risch, Schroeder, Sims, Sorensen,
Stegner, Thorne
NAYS -- Keough
Absent and excused -- Dunklin, Frasure, Hawkins, Ingram,
King-Barrutia, Richardson, Sandy, Stennett, Wheeler, Williams
Floor Sponsor - Hill
Title apvd - to House
03/15 To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed
Pres signed
03/15 To Governor
03/20 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 117
Effective: 07/01/02
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 570
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE IDAHO PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; AMENDING SECTION 33-4306,
3 IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT A GRADUATE OF AN ACCREDITED SECONDARY SCHOOL
4 OR EQUIVALENT PROGRAM OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY QUALIFY FOR THE
5 PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP IF THE STUDENT GRADUATED FROM SUCH SCHOOL OR COMPLETED
6 SUCH PROGRAM WITHIN ONE YEAR OF LEAVING THE STATE DUE TO THE MILITARY STA-
7 TUS OR JOB RELOCATION OF A PARENT.
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
9 SECTION 1. That Section 33-4306, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
10 amended to read as follows:
11 33-4306. DEFINITIONS. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise
12 requires:
13 (1) "Eligible postsecondary institution" means a public postsecondary
14 organization governed or supervised by the state board of education, the board
15 of regents of the university of Idaho, a board of trustees of a community col-
16 lege established pursuant to the provisions of section 33-2106, Idaho Code, or
17 the state board for professional-technical education or any educational orga-
18 nization which is operated privately and not for profit under the control of
19 an independent board and not directly controlled or administered by a public
20 or political subdivision. A public or private educational organization becomes
21 eligible to participate in category B grant awards if the organization agrees
22 to match awards granted to each eligible category B student. If an institu-
23 tion declines to match awards, an eligible student will receive the state por-
24 tion of the award to that institution.
25 (2) "Educational costs" means student costs for tuition, fees, room and
26 board, or expenses related to reasonable commuting, books and such other
27 expenses reasonably related to attendance at a postsecondary educational
28 institution.
29 (3) "Student" means an individual resident student as defined in section
30 33-3717 or 33-2110B, Idaho Code, enrolled full-time and carrying a sufficient
31 number of credit hours, or their equivalent, to secure an individual's first
32 degree, certificate, diploma or less, toward which the individual is working,
33 in no more than the number of semesters, or equivalent, normally required by
34 the eligible postsecondary institution in the program in which the individual
35 is enrolled and provided that the baccalaureate degree, certificate, diploma
36 or lesser program requires at least six (6) months or equivalent of consecu-
37 tive attendance. A student engaged in a four (4) year baccalaureate program
38 shall not be terminated from this scholarship program by having earned an
39 intermediate degree, certificate or diploma.
40 (4) "Enrollment" means the establishment and maintenance of an
41 individual's status as a student in an eligible postsecondary institution,
42 regardless of the term used at the institution to describe such status.
43 (5) "Eligible category A student" means any graduate of an accredited
2
1 secondary school in the state of Idaho, or an accredited secondary school out-
2 side of the United States if the student graduated from such school within one
3 (1) year of leaving the state due to the military status or job relocation of
4 a parent, who declares his intention to matriculate in an eligible post-
5 secondary institution in the state of Idaho during the educational year imme-
6 diately following such graduation.
7 (6) "Eligible category B student" means any student, having completed
8 secondary school or its equivalent in the state of Idaho, or outside of the
9 United States if the student completed such secondary school or its equivalent
10 within one (1) year of leaving the state due to the military status or job
11 relocation of a parent, and who enrolls as a student in an eligible post-
12 secondary institution in the state of Idaho prior to reaching twenty-two (22)
13 years of age. To maintain eligibility a student must achieve and maintain a
14 2.5 cumulative grade point average while enrolled in an eligible postsecondary
15 institution. Students meeting the requirements of this subsection who were not
16 eligible for a grant in the first term of postsecondary education and who
17 achieve and maintain a 2.5 cumulative grade point average based on a 4.0 sys-
18 tem in an eligible postsecondary institution will become eligible for grant
19 payments in subsequent school terms.
20 (7) "Grant" means an award to an eligible student for matriculation in an
21 eligible postsecondary institution in the state of Idaho.
22 (8) "Educational year" means the period from July 1 of a year through
23 June 30 of the succeeding year.
24 (9) "Competitive examination" means standardized examination(s) measuring
25 achievement administered annually on a voluntary basis on a specified date and
26 at specified locations announced publicly.
27 (10) "High school record," for category A students, will be defined by the
28 state board of education and the board of regents of the university of Idaho
29 and may include, but need not be limited to, an individual's rank in his sec-
30 ondary school class, grade point average, and difficulty of course load taken
31 as certified by an official of such secondary school, and the individual's
32 secondary school deportment as evaluated by at least two (2) officials of such
33 secondary school.
34 (11) "High school record," for category B students, shall be defined by
35 the state board of education and the board of regents of the university of
36 Idaho and may include, but need not be limited to, an individual's secondary
37 school cumulative grade point average or a composite score on the American
38 college test (ACT).
39 (12) "Cumulative grade point average" is defined as a student's cumulative
40 grade point average for all courses taken in grades nine (9) through twelve
41 (12) and calculated on a grade of A equals 4.0 points, a grade of B equals 3.0
42 points, a grade of C equals 2.0 points, a grade of D equals 1.0 point and a
43 grade of F equals 0.0 points.
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
Moved by Sellman
Seconded by Young
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO H.B. NO. 570
1 AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1
2 On page 1 of the printed bill, in line 43, delete "graduate of" and
3 insert: "graduate of individual who declares his intention to matriculate in
4 an eligible postsecondary institution in the state of Idaho during the educa-
5 tional year immediately following:
6 (a) The individual's graduation from";
7 on page 2, delete lines 1 through 6, and insert: "secondary school in the
8 state of Idaho; or
9 (b) The individual's graduation from an accredited secondary school out-
10 side of the United States, provided that the individual graduated from
11 such school, and the individual and a parent of the individual were resi-
12 dents of the state of Idaho, within one (1) year of leaving the state due
13 to the military status or job relocation of a parent.
14 who declares his intention to matriculate in an eligible postsecondary insti-
15 tution in the state of Idaho during the educational year immediately following
16 such graduation."; delete lines 9 and 10, and in line 11, delete "relocation
17 of a parent," and insert: "United States if within one (1) year of leaving the
18 state due to the military status or job relocation of a parent (a) the student
19 completed such secondary school or its equivalent, and (b) the student and a
20 parent of the student were residents of the state of Idaho,".
21 CORRECTIONS TO TITLE
22 On page 1, delete lines 5 through 7, and insert: "PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP IF
23 WITHIN ONE YEAR OF LEAVING THE STATE DUE TO THE MILITARY STATUS OR JOB RELOCA-
24 TION OF A PARENT, THE INDIVIDUAL OR STUDENT GRADUATED FROM SUCH SCHOOL OR COM-
25 PLETED SUCH PROGRAM AND THE INDIVIDUAL OR STUDENT AND A PARENT OF THE INDIVID-
26 UAL OR STUDENT WERE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO.".
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 570, As Amended
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE IDAHO PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; AMENDING SECTION 33-4306,
3 IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT A GRADUATE OF AN ACCREDITED SECONDARY SCHOOL
4 OR EQUIVALENT PROGRAM OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY QUALIFY FOR THE
5 PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP IF WITHIN ONE YEAR OF LEAVING THE STATE DUE TO THE
6 MILITARY STATUS OR JOB RELOCATION OF A PARENT, THE INDIVIDUAL OR STUDENT
7 GRADUATED FROM SUCH SCHOOL OR COMPLETED SUCH PROGRAM AND THE INDIVIDUAL OR
8 STUDENT AND A PARENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR STUDENT WERE RESIDENTS OF THE
9 STATE OF IDAHO.
10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
11 SECTION 1. That Section 33-4306, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
12 amended to read as follows:
13 33-4306. DEFINITIONS. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise
14 requires:
15 (1) "Eligible postsecondary institution" means a public postsecondary
16 organization governed or supervised by the state board of education, the board
17 of regents of the university of Idaho, a board of trustees of a community col-
18 lege established pursuant to the provisions of section 33-2106, Idaho Code, or
19 the state board for professional-technical education or any educational orga-
20 nization which is operated privately and not for profit under the control of
21 an independent board and not directly controlled or administered by a public
22 or political subdivision. A public or private educational organization becomes
23 eligible to participate in category B grant awards if the organization agrees
24 to match awards granted to each eligible category B student. If an institu-
25 tion declines to match awards, an eligible student will receive the state por-
26 tion of the award to that institution.
27 (2) "Educational costs" means student costs for tuition, fees, room and
28 board, or expenses related to reasonable commuting, books and such other
29 expenses reasonably related to attendance at a postsecondary educational
30 institution.
31 (3) "Student" means an individual resident student as defined in section
32 33-3717 or 33-2110B, Idaho Code, enrolled full-time and carrying a sufficient
33 number of credit hours, or their equivalent, to secure an individual's first
34 degree, certificate, diploma or less, toward which the individual is working,
35 in no more than the number of semesters, or equivalent, normally required by
36 the eligible postsecondary institution in the program in which the individual
37 is enrolled and provided that the baccalaureate degree, certificate, diploma
38 or lesser program requires at least six (6) months or equivalent of consecu-
39 tive attendance. A student engaged in a four (4) year baccalaureate program
40 shall not be terminated from this scholarship program by having earned an
41 intermediate degree, certificate or diploma.
42 (4) "Enrollment" means the establishment and maintenance of an
43 individual's status as a student in an eligible postsecondary institution,
2
1 regardless of the term used at the institution to describe such status.
2 (5) "Eligible category A student" means any graduate of individual who
3 declares his intention to matriculate in an eligible postsecondary institution
4 in the state of Idaho during the educational year immediately following:
5 (a) The individual's graduation from an accredited secondary school in
6 the state of Idaho; or
7 (b) The individual's graduation from an accredited secondary school out-
8 side of the United States, provided that the individual graduated from
9 such school, and the individual and a parent of the individual were resi-
10 dents of the state of Idaho, within one (1) year of leaving the state due
11 to the military status or job relocation of a parent.
12 who declares his intention to matriculate in an eligible postsecondary insti-
13 tution in the state of Idaho during the educational year immediately following
14 such graduation.
15 (6) "Eligible category B student" means any student, having completed
16 secondary school or its equivalent in the state of Idaho, or outside of the
17 United States if within one (1) year of leaving the state due to the military
18 status or job relocation of a parent (a) the student completed such secondary
19 school or its equivalent, and (b) the student and a parent of the student were
20 residents of the state of Idaho, and who enrolls as a student in an eligible
21 postsecondary institution in the state of Idaho prior to reaching twenty-two
22 (22) years of age. To maintain eligibility a student must achieve and maintain
23 a 2.5 cumulative grade point average while enrolled in an eligible post-
24 secondary institution. Students meeting the requirements of this subsection
25 who were not eligible for a grant in the first term of postsecondary education
26 and who achieve and maintain a 2.5 cumulative grade point average based on a
27 4.0 system in an eligible postsecondary institution will become eligible for
28 grant payments in subsequent school terms.
29 (7) "Grant" means an award to an eligible student for matriculation in an
30 eligible postsecondary institution in the state of Idaho.
31 (8) "Educational year" means the period from July 1 of a year through
32 June 30 of the succeeding year.
33 (9) "Competitive examination" means standardized examination(s) measuring
34 achievement administered annually on a voluntary basis on a specified date and
35 at specified locations announced publicly.
36 (10) "High school record," for category A students, will be defined by the
37 state board of education and the board of regents of the university of Idaho
38 and may include, but need not be limited to, an individual's rank in his sec-
39 ondary school class, grade point average, and difficulty of course load taken
40 as certified by an official of such secondary school, and the individual's
41 secondary school deportment as evaluated by at least two (2) officials of such
42 secondary school.
43 (11) "High school record," for category B students, shall be defined by
44 the state board of education and the board of regents of the university of
45 Idaho and may include, but need not be limited to, an individual's secondary
46 school cumulative grade point average or a composite score on the American
47 college test (ACT).
48 (12) "Cumulative grade point average" is defined as a student's cumulative
49 grade point average for all courses taken in grades nine (9) through twelve
50 (12) and calculated on a grade of A equals 4.0 points, a grade of B equals 3.0
51 points, a grade of C equals 2.0 points, a grade of D equals 1.0 point and a
52 grade of F equals 0.0 points.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11853C1
The intent of this legislation is to provide an opportunity for
students now excluded under provisions of the Idaho Promise
Scholarship Program, Section 33-4306, to qualify for the program
if 1) students attend secondary schools outside of the state in
an overseas location due to the military status of a parent or 2)
students complete their secondary education outside of the state
in an overseas location due to the job relocation of a parent.
Students shall meet all other student eligibility requirements as
outlined in Idaho Code 33-371 and 33-2ll0B
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no data available concerning the number of students who
might qualify for the Idaho Promise Scholarship Program under
provisions of the proposed legislation. However, the best
estimate is that no more than 20 students would apply during the
first year of eligibility. This would have a $10,000 impact on the
General Fund.
Contact
Name: Representative Tom Trail
Phone: 208-332-1202
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 570