KRS 164.2849: Legislative finding.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky finds and declares that it is in

the best interests of the Commonwealth to encourage and support adults to adopt and

provide foster care for children in the custody of the state. The General Assembly

recognizes that a child whose care, custody, and control has been assumed by the

Commonwealth as evidenced by termination of the rights of the biological parents and

adoption from state custody or a custodial commitment to the Cabinet for Health and

Family Services or the Department of Juvenile Justice is a special ward of the state and

faces particular challenges in pursuing higher education. Because it is the intent of the

General Assembly to support adoption, foster parenting, and educational advancement,

the purpose of KRS 164.2847 is to provide postsecondary education advancement

opportunity for foster and adopted children who are or were wards of the state.