AB 188 — Revises provisions governing the eligibility requirements for grants awarded under the Silver State Opportunity Grant Program. (BDR 34-869)

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188–A SSEMBLYWOMAN D IAZ PREFILED FEBRUARY 13, 2017 ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing the eligibility requirements for grants awarded under the Silver State Opportunity Grant Program.

(BDR 34-869) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

No.

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Under the Program, the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada is required to award grantscommunity tocollege eligibleor studentsstate tocollege paythat foris apart portion of the costNevada System of educationHigher at a Education.

(NRS 396.952) Section 1 of this bill reduces the minimum number of such required credit hours to 12 credit hours and provides that a student who is enrolled in fewerhis thanor 12her creditfinal hourssemester isof stillstudy; eligible for a grant if the student:

(1) is enrolled in his or her(2) finalreceives semestera waiver of study;the 12t:

or(1) (2)is receivescredit ahour waiverrequirement offrom the 12student’s alsocollege providesbased thaton ahardship. student who loses his or her eligibility for a grant because he or she was not enrolled in 12 credit hours during a semester:

Section 1 also provides that a student who loses his or her eligibility for a grant because he or she was not enrolled in 12 credit hours during a semester:

and (2) willcredit losehour eligibilityrequirement permanentlyin ifa hesubsequent orsemester.ils she fails for a second time to satisfy the 12 creditSection hour2 requirementof this bill provides that money provided to a community college or state college for a grant awarded on behalf of a student under the Silver State Opportunity Grant Program does not revert and any remaining amount must be carried forward and used for grants for eligible students in a subsequent semester.

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In administering the Program, the Board of Regents shall for each semester, subject to the limits of money available for this - 79th Session (2017) – 2 – purpose, award a grant to each eligible student to pay for a portion of the cost of education at a community college or state college within the System.

To be eligible for a grant awarded under the Program, a studentstu(a) must:[Be] Except as otherwise provided in this section, be enrolled, or accepted to be enrolled, during a semester in at least [15] 12 credit hours at a community college or state college within the System;

(a) [Be] Except as otherwise provided in this section, be enrolled, or accepted to be enrolled, during a semester in at least [15] 12 credit hours at a community college or state college within the System;

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, if a student does not satisfy the requirements of paragraph (a) of subsection 4 during one semester of enrollment, the student is not eligible for a grant awarded under the Program for the succeeding semester of enr(a) Subsequently satisfies the requirements of paragraph (a) of subsection 4 in any subsequent semester in which he or she is not eligible for a grant awarded under the Program, the student is eligible for a grant awarded under the Program for his or her next semester of enrollment.

If such a student:

(a) Subsequently satisfies the requirements of paragraph (a) of subsection 4 in any subsequent semester in which he or she is not - *AB188_R1* – 3 – eligible for a grant awarded under the Program, the student is eligible for a grant awarded under the Program for his or her next semester of enrollment.

If a student does not satisfy the requirements of paragraph (a) of subsection 4 during a semester of enrollment, the student may apply for a waiver from the requirements of that paragraph for that semester from the community college or state college based on hardship arising out of the individual circumstances of - 79th Session (2017) – 3 – the student.

396.954a 1.designee thereof shall:

For each eligible student, the Board of Regents or a(a) designeeCalculate thereofthe shall:maximum amount of the grant which the student is eligible to receive.

(a) Calculate the maximum amount of the grant which the student is eligible to receive.

must be used by a student only to pay for the cost of education of the student at a community college or state college within the System and not for any other purpose.

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Money received from a grant awarded under the Program must be used by a student only to pay for the cost of education of the student at a community college or state college within the System and not for any other purpose.

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- 79th Session (2017) – 4 – (2) For each student, the amounts of the student contribution, family contribution and federal contribution to the cost of education of the student.

(d) May adopt any other regulations necessary to carry out the Program.Pro2.am.The regulations prescribed pursuant to this section must provide that:

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The regulations prescribed pursuant to this section must provide that:

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