Nevada 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 453 — Revises the eligibility requirements for the Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship Program. (BDR 34-383)

Last action — Approved by the Governor. Chapter 290.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 25, 2019. Enacted.

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Summary

AN ACT relating to the Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship Program; increasing the grade point average required during the first year of enrollment to retain eligibility for a scholarship; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on May 24, 2019) FIRST REPRINT S.B.
Senate Bill No.
453 SENATE B ILLN O.
453–Committee on Education CHAPTER..........
453–COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (ON BEHALF OF THE C OMMITTEE TO CONDUCT A STUDY CONCERNING THE C OST AND A FFORDABILITY OF H IGHER EDUCATION ) M ARCH 25, 2019 ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Revises the eligibility requirements for the Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship Program.
(BDR 34-383) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
No.
Effect on the State:
No.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
During the first year of enrollment in the Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship Program, existing law requires a recipient to maintain at least a 2.60 grade point average during each semester and then to maintain a 2.75 grade point enrollment.
During the first year of enrollment in the Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship Program, existing law requires a recipient to maintain at least a 2.60 average during each semester in the second and each subsequent year ofrade point enrollment.
- *SB453_R1* – 2 – THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
(c) If he or she is enrolled in another eligible institution, including, without limitation, a summer academic term, $80 per credit for which the student is enrolled, or the amount of money that is necessary for the student to pay the costs of attending the university that are not otherwise satisfied by other grants or scholarships, whichever is less.
(c) If he or she is enrolled in another eligible institution, including, without limitation, a summer academic term, $80 per credit for which the student is enrolled, or the amount of money that - 80th Session (2019) – 2 – is necessary for the student to pay the costs of attending the university that are not otherwise satisfied by other grants or scholarships, whichever is less.
(d) If he or she is enrolled in more than one eligible institution, including, without limitation, a summer academic term, the amount authorized pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c), or a combination the Board of Regents.e with procedures and guidelines established by In no event may a student who is eligible for a Millennium Scholarship receive more than the cost of 15 semester credits per semester pursuant to this subsection.
(d) If he or she is enrolled in more than one eligible institution, including, without limitation, a summer academic term, the amount authorized pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c), or a combination thereof, in accordance with procedures and guidelines established by the Board of Regents.
2.
In no event may a student who is eligible for a Millennium semester pursuant to this subsection.t of 15 semester credits per 2.
- *SB453_R1* – 3 – (1) At least a 2.60 grade point average on a 4.0 grading scale for each semester during the first year of enrollment in the Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship Program.
(1) At least a 2.60 grade point average on a 4.0 grading scale for each semester during the first year of enrollment in the Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship Program.
A student who receives a Millennium Scholarship is encouraged to volunteer at least 20 hours of community service for this State, a political subdivision of this State or a charitable organization that provides service to a community or the residents of a community in this State during each year in which the student receives a Millennium Scholarship.
A student who receives a Millennium Scholarship is encouraged to volunteer at least 20 hours of community service for organization that provides service to a community or the residents of a community in this State during each year in which the student receives a Millennium Scholarship.
(b) Fails a second time to satisfy the requirements of subsection 3 during any subsequent semester, excluding a summer academic term, the student is no longer eligible for a Millennium Scholarship.
- 80th Session (2019) – 3 – (b) Fails a second time to satisfy the requirements of subsection during any subsequent semester, excluding a summer academic term, the student is no longer eligible for a Millennium Scholarship.
The State Treasurer shall disburse a Millennium Scholarship for each semester on behalf of an eligible student directly to the eligible institution in which the student is enrolled, upon certification from the eligible institution of the number of credits for which the student is enrolled, which must meet or exceed the minimum number of credits required for eligibility and certification that the student is in good standing and making satisfactory academic progress toward a recognized degree or certificate, as determined by the Board of Regents pursuant to subsection 8.
The State Treasurer shall disburse a Millennium Scholarship for each semester on behalf of an eligible student directly to the eligible institution in which the student is enrolled, upon certification from the eligible institution of the number of credits for which the student is enrolled, which must meet or exceed the minimum number of credits required for eligibility and certification that the student is in good standing and making satisfactory academic progress toward a recognized degree or certificate, as determined by the Board of Regents pursuant to the eligible institution as other similar scholarships are administered and may be used only for the expenditures authorized pursuant to subsection 6.
The Millennium Scholarship must be administered by the eligible institution as other similar scholarships are administered and may be used only for the expenditures authorized pursuant to subsection 6.
If a student is enrolled in more than one eligible institution, the Millennium Scholarship must be administered by the eligible institution at which the student is enrolled in a program of study leading to a recognized degree or certificate.
If a student is enrolled in more than one eligible institution, the Millennium Scholarship must be administered by the - *SB453_R1* – 4 – study leading to a recognized degree or certificate.d in a program of 8.
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Action History

  1. Approved by the Governor. Chapter 290.

  2. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

  3. Assembly Amendment No. 788 concurred in. To enrollment.

  4. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Senate. In Senate.

  5. Taken from Chief Clerk's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 788.) Dispensed with reprinting. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 2, Vacant: 1.) To printer.

  6. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Taken from Second Reading File. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk.

  7. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.

  8. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.

  9. Read second time.

  10. From committee: Do pass.

  11. From printer. To committee.

  12. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer.

Sponsors

  • Senate Committee on Education · Primary

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Sponsors (1)

  • Senate Committee on Education

Co-sponsors (0)

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What does SB 453 do?
AN ACT relating to the Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship Program; increasing the grade point average required during the first year of enrollment to retain eligibility for a scholarship; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Who sponsors SB 453?
SB 453 is sponsored by Senate Committee on Education.
What is the current status of SB 453?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 25, 2019. Enacted.
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