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SB 148 Two-Year College Transfer Grant; clarification for eligibility.
Introduced by: Walter A. Stosch | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Two-Year College Transfer Grant. Clarifies that (i) grants are made to institutions on behalf of students, not to students directly, (ii) students entering college during summer 2007 term are eligible, (iii) 3.0 grade point average is required only on completion of associate degree program, and (iv) the award amount is a maximum of $1,000, plus an additional maximum of $1,000 for engineering, mathematics, nursing, teaching, or science students. The bill also removes the requirement that institutions of higher education reduce state financial aid eligibility by the amount of the grant awarded by the program and allows for prorated grants for eligible part-time students.
FULL TEXT
- 01/04/08 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086542332 pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/08 Senate: Printed as engrossed 086542332-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/04/08 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086542332
- 01/04/08 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/10/08 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/11/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 01/14/08 Senate: Read second time
- 01/14/08 Senate: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
- 01/14/08 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/29/08 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendments (16-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/08 Senate: Read second time
- 01/30/08 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/30/08 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/30/08 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB148E
- 01/30/08 Senate: Printed as engrossed 086542332-E
- 01/31/08 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/08 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/11/08 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/08 House: Read first time
- 02/11/08 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 03/03/08 House: Left in Appropriations