KRS 164.7874: Definitions for KRS 164.7871 to 164.7885.

As used in KRS 164.7871 to 164.7885:

(1) "Academic term" means a semester or other time period specified in an

administrative regulation promulgated by the authority;

(2) "Academic year" means a period consisting of at least the minimum school term, as

defined in KRS 158.070;

(3) "ACT score" means the composite score achieved on the American College Test at

a national test site on a national test date or the college admissions examination

administered statewide under KRS 158.6453(5)(b)3. if the exam is the ACT, or an

equivalent score, as determine d by the authority, on the SAT administered by the

College Board, Inc.;

(4) "Authority" means the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority;

(5) "Award period" means the fall and spring consecutive academic terms within one

(1) academic year;

(6) "Council" means the Council on Postsecondary Education created under KRS

164.011;

(7) "Eligible high school student" means any person who:

(a) Is a citizen, national, or permanent resident of the United States and Kentucky

resident;

(b) Was enrolled after July 1, 1998:

1. In a Kentucky high school for at least one hundred forty (140) days of

the minimum school term unless exempted by the authority's executive

director upon documentation of extreme hardship, while meeting the

KEES curriculum requirements, and was enrolled in a Kentucky high

school at the end of the academic year;

2. In a Kentucky high school for the fall academic term of the senior year

and who:

a. Was enrolled during the entire academic term;

b. Completed the high school's graduation requirements during the

fall academic term; and

c. Was not enrolled in a secondary school during any other academic

term of that academic year; or

3. In the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky, the

Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics, or in h igh

school at a model and practice school under KRS 164.380 while meeting

the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship curriculum

requirements;

(c) Has a grade point average of 2.5 or above at the end of any academic year

beginning after July 1, 1998, o r at the end of the fall academic term for a

student eligible under paragraph (b)2. of this subsection; and

(d) Is not a convicted felon;

(8) "Eligible postsecondary student" means a citizen, national, or permanent resident of

the United States and Kentuck y resident, as determined by the participating

institution in accordance with criteria established by the council for the purposes of

admission and tuition assessment, who:

(a) Earned a KEES award;

(b) Has the required postsecondary GPA and credit hours re quired under KRS

164.7881;

(c) Has remaining semesters of eligibility under KRS 164.7881;

(d) Is enrolled in a participating institution as a part-time or full-time student; and

(e) Is not a convicted felon;

(9) "Full-time student" means a student enrolled in a postsecondary program of study

that meets the full -time student requirements of the participating institution in

which the student is enrolled;

(10) "Grade point average" or "GPA" means the grade point average earned by an

eligible student and reported by the high school or participating institution in which

the student was enrolled based on a scale of 4.0 or its equivalent if the high school

or participating institution that the student attends does not use the 4.0 grade scale;

(11) "High school" mea ns any Kentucky public high school, the Gatton Academy of

Mathematics and Science in Kentucky, the Craft Academy for Excellence in

Science and Mathematics, a high school of a model and practice school under KRS

164.380, and any private, parochial, or churc h school located in Kentucky that has

been certified by the Kentucky Board of Education as voluntarily complying with

curriculum, certification, and textbook standards established by the Kentucky Board

of Education under KRS 156.160;

(12) "KEES" or "Kentuc ky educational excellence scholarship" means a scholarship

provided under KRS 164.7871 to 164.7885;

(13) "KEES award" means:

(a) For an eligible high school student, the sum of the KEES base amount for

each academic year of high school plus any KEES supple mental amount, as

adjusted pursuant to KRS 164.7881; and

(b) For a student eligible under KRS 164.7879(3)(e), the KEES supplemental

amount as adjusted pursuant to KRS 164.7881;

(14) "KEES award maximum" means the sum of the KEES base amount earned in each

academic year of high school plus any KEES supplemental amount earned;

(15) "KEES base amount" or "base amount" means the amount earned by an eligible

high school student based on the student's GPA pursuant to KRS 164.7879;

(16) "KEES curriculum" means fiv e (5) courses of study, except for students who meet

the criteria of subsection (7)(b)2. of this section, in an academic year as determined

in accordance with an administrative regulation promulgated by the authority;

(17) "KEES supplemental amount" means the amount earned by an eligible student

based on the student's ACT score pursuant to KRS 164.7879;

(18) "KEES trust fund" means the Wallace G. Wilkinson Kentucky educational

excellence scholarship trust fund;

(19) "On track to graduate" means the number of cumulative credit hours earned as

compared to the number of hours determined by the postsecondary education

institution as necessary to complete a bachelor's degree by the end of eight (8)

academic terms or ten (1 0) academic terms if a student is enrolled in an

undergraduate program that requires five (5) years of study;

(20) "Participating institution" means an "institution" as defined in KRS 164.001 that is

eligible to participate in the federal Pell Grant program, executes a contract with the

authority on terms the authority deems necessary or appropriate for the

administration of its programs, and:

(a) 1. Is publicly operated;

2. Is licensed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky and has operated for at

least ten (10) years, offers an associate or baccalaureate degree program

of study not comprised solely of sectarian instruction, and admits as

regular students only high school graduates, recipients of a High School

Equivalency Diploma, or students transferring from ano ther accredited

degree granting institution; or

3. Is designated by the authority as an approved out -of-state institution that

offers a degree program in a field of study that is not offered at any

institution in the Commonwealth; and

(b) Continues to comm it financial resources to student financial assistance

programs; and

(21) "Part-time student" means a student enrolled in a postsecondary program of study

who does not meet the full-time student requirements of the participating institution

in which the student is enrolled and who is enrolled for at least six (6) credit hours,

or the equivalent for an institution that does not use credit hours.