KRS 164.7885: Annual submission by high schools of list of eligible students -- Data in

list -- Verification of eligibility -- Reduction of award -- Students ineligible for

awards -- Administrative regulations.

(1) Not later than August 1, 1999, and each June 30 thereafter, each Kentucky high

school shall submit to the authority, a compiled list of all high school students

during the academic year. A high school shall report the grade point average of an

eligible high school student pursuant to KRS 164.787 4 by January 15 following the

end of the fall academic term in which the student completed the high school

graduation requirements. The list shall identify the high school and shall contain

each high school student's name, Social Security number, address, grade point

average for the academic year, expected or actual graduation date, highest ACT

score, family eligibility status for free or reduced -price lunch, and each AP,

Cambridge Advanced International, or IB examination score. The Gatton Academy

of Mathe matics and Science in Kentucky, the Craft Academy for Excellence in

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

KRS 164.380 shall report the data on its students to the authority. The list need not

contain the ACT, AP, Cambridge Advanced International, or IB if the authority

receives the scores directly from the testing services. The authority shall notify each

eligible high school student of his or her Kentucky educational excellence

scholarship award earned each acade mic year. The authority shall determine the

final Kentucky educational excellence scholarship and supplemental award based

upon the actual final grade point average, highest ACT score, and qualifying AP,

Cambridge Advanced International, or IB scores and s hall notify each eligible

twelfth-grade high school student of the final determination. The authority shall

make available a list of eligible high school and postsecondary students to

participating institutions.

(2) The authority shall provide data access only to the Kentucky Longitudinal Data

System and to those participating institutions that have either received an admission

application from an eligible high school or postsecondary student or have been

listed by the eligible high school or postsecondary student on the Free Application

For Federal Student Aid.

(3) For each eligible postsecondary student enrolling in a participating institution after

July 1, 1999, the participating institution shall verify to the authority:

(a) The student's initial eligibi lity for a Kentucky educational excellence

scholarship, Kentucky educational excellence scholarship and supplemental

award, or supplemental award only pursuant to KRS 164.7879(3)(d) through

the comprehensive list compiled by the authority or an alternative source

satisfactory to the authority;

(b) The student's highest ACT score attained by the date of graduation from high

school, provided that the participating institution need not report the ACT

score if the authority receives the ACT score directly from the testing services;

(c) The eligible postsecondary student's full-time or part-time enrollment status at

the beginning of each academic term; and

(d) The eligible postsecondary student's cumulative grade point average after the

completion of each award period.

(4) Each participating institution shall submit to the authority a report, in a form

satisfactory to the authority, of all eligible postsecondary students enrolled for that

academic term. Kentucky educational excellence scholarships and supplemental

awards shall be disbursed by the authority to each eligible postsecondary student

attending a participating institution during the academic term within thirty (30) days

after receiving a satisfactory report.

(5) The Kentucky educational excellence scholar ship and the supplemental award shall

not be reduced, except as provided in KRS 164.7881(4).

(6) Kentucky educational excellence scholarships and supplemental awards shall not be

awarded or disbursed to any eligible postsecondary students who are:

(a) In default on any loan under Title IV of the federal act; or

(b) Liable for any amounts that exceed annual or aggregate limits on any loan

under Title IV of the federal act; or

(c) Liable for overpayment of any grant or loan under Title IV of the federal act;

or

(d) In default on any obligation to the authority under any programs administered

by the authority until financial obligations to the authority are satisfied, except

that ineligibility may be waived by the authority for cause.

(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 164.753, the authority may promulgate

administrative regulations for the administration of Kentucky educational

excellence scholarships and supplemental awards under the provisions of KRS

164.7871 to 164.7885 and KRS 164.7889.