SB 2 — Temporarily authorizes certain changes to eligibility requirements for the Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship. (BDR 34-13)

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2–COMMITTEE OF THE W HOLE JULY 8, 2020 ____________ Referred to Committee of the Whole SUMMARY—Temporarily authorizes certain changes to eligibility requirements for the Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship.

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(NRS 396.930) Existing law also provides that a student who receives a Millennium Scholarship must maintain a certain grade point average for each semester that the stuSection1studSection1 ofthis bill authorizestheBoard ofRegents oftheUniversityofNevada to temporarily waive or modify certain eligibility requirements to receive a MillenniumScholarship in response to a stateof emergencyor declaration ofdisaster proclaimed by the Governor or the Legislature.

(2) authorizes a waiver or modification to remain in place for as long as the Board of Regents deems necessary to mitigate Regents to submit a report on such a waiver or modification to the Governorimpact and the Director of thean Legislativeemergency Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature or thedisaster Legislative Committee on Education,students; as appropriate, within 45 days after such a waiver or modification becomes effective and to designate a person to appear before the appropriate legislative committees as soon as practicable.

and (3) requires the Board of Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature or the Legislative Committee on Education, as appropriate, within 45 days after such a waiver or modification becomes effective and to designate a person to appear before the appropriate legislative committees as soon as practicable.

Section 5 of this bill applies the provisions of this bill retroactively to a waiver or modification to the eligibility requirements to receive a Millennium Scholarship for the spring semester of 2020 made in response to theeceivethe a - *SB2_R1* – 2 – Declaration ofEmergency issued by Governor Sisolak on March 12, 2020, due to the COVID-19COVISection pandemic.5.5 of this bill repeals the provisions of section 1 on July 1, 2021, which has the effect of limiting the authority of the Board of Regents to temporarily waive or modify certain eligibility requirements to receive a Millennium Scholarship to waivers or modifications granted on or before that date.

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The Board of Regents may, in response to a state of emergency ordeclarationor declaration of disaster proclaimed bytheGovernoror - 31st Special Session (2020) – 2 – the Legislature pursuant to NRS 414.070, temporarily waive or modifytherequirementstobeeligibleforaMillenniumScholarship set forth in paragraph (f) of subsection 1 of NRS 396.930 and NRS 396.934.

Such a waiver or modification may waive or modify, without limitation, the minimum grade point average for one or more semesters of enrollment, the minimum number of credits in which a student must be enrolled or any other requirement deemed appropriate by the Board of Regents.

and (b) Select a person to appear on behalf of the Board of Regents before the appropriate committees of the Legislature or, if the Legislature is not in session, the Legislative Committee on the Education, at the next practicable opportunity after a temporary - *SB2_R1* – 3 – waiver or modification made pursuant to subsection 1 becomes effective.

(a)- Except31st asSpecial otherwiseSession provided(2020) in– paragraph3 (e)– of subsection 2, has been a resident of this State for at least 2 years before the student applies for the Millennium Scholarship;

and (3) Applies for the Millennium Scholarship not more than 6 years after he or she was regularly scheduled to graduate from high school;sch(d) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (e), maintained in high school in the courses designated by the Board of Regents pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2, at least:

(d) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (e), maintained in high school in the courses designated by the Board of Regents pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2, at least:

and - *SB2_R1* – 4 – (f) [Is] Except as otherwise provided in section 1 of this act, is enrolled in at least:

otherwise provided in section 1 of this act, is (1) Nine semester credit hours in a community college within the System;

2.- 31st Special Session (2020) – 4 – (a) Shall define the core curriculum that a student must complete in high school to be eligible for a Millennium Scholarship.

The Board of Regents:

(a) Shall define the core curriculum that a student must complete in high school to be eligible for a Millennium Scholarship.

(1) The 6-year limitation on applications that is set forth in subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 and subparagraph (3) of paragraph (c) of subsection 1 and any limitation applicable to students who are eligible pursuant to subparagraph (1) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1.

Such criteria must provide for the award of Millennium Scholarships to those students who qualify for the exemption and who otherwise meet the eligibility criteria to the extent that money is available to award Millennium Scholarships totohe - *SB2_R1* – 5 – the students after all other obligations for the award of Millennium Scholarships for the current school year have been satisfied.

4.- 31st Special Session (2020) – 5 – 1, for students who did not graduate from a public or private highn school in this State and who, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (e) of subsection 2, have been residents of this State for at least 2 years, the Board of Regents shall establish:

Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) of subsection 1, for students who did not graduate from a public or private high school in this State and who, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (e) of subsection 2, have been residents of this State for at least 2 years, the Board of Regents shall establish:

The Board of Regents shall establish a procedure by which an applicant for a Millennium Scholarship is required to execute an affidavit declaring the applicant’s eligibility for a Millennium Scholarshippursuanttotherequirementsofthissection.

(a) If he or she is enrolled in a community college within the System, including, without limitation, a summer academic term, $40 per credit for each lower division course and $60 per credit for each upper division course in which the student is enrolled, or the amount of moneythat is necessaryforthestudent to paythecosts ofattending the community college that are not otherwise satisfied by other grants orscholarships,whicheverisless.TheBoardofRegentsshallprovide - *SB2_R1* – 6 – for the designation of upper and lower division courses for the purposes of this paragraph.

(b) If he or she is enrolled in a state college within the System, including,withoutlimitation,asummer academicterm,$60percredit for which the student is enrolled, or the amount of money that is necessaryforthestudenttopaythecostsofattendingthe- statecollege31st Special Session (2020) – 6 – that are not otherwise satisfied by other grants or scholarships, whichever is less.

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No student may be awarded a Millennium Scholarship:

Millennium Scholarship:

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 receivesrec5.vesIf a student does not satisfy the requirements of subsection 3 during one semester of enrollment, excluding a summer academic term, he or she is not eligible for the Millennium Scholarship.Scholarship for the succeeding semester of enrollment.

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If a student does not satisfy the requirements of subsection 3 during one semester of enrollment, excluding a summer academic term, he or she is not eligible for the Millennium Scholarship for the succeeding semester of enrollment.

(a) Subsequently satisfies the requirements of subsection 3 in a semester in which he or she is not eligible for the Millennium -Scholarship,thestudentis *SB2_R1*eligiblefortheMillenniumScholarshipfor – 7 – Scholarship,thestudentiseligiblefortheMillenniumScholarshipfor the student’s next semester of enrollment.