{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-314.026","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 314.026","heading":"Applications for scholarships -- Awards.","body":"(1) The board shall make nursing scholarships in schools of nursing and graduate\nprograms in nursing available to Kentucky residents through the Kentucky nursing\nincentive scholarship fund, as set forth by KRS 314.025 to 314.027 and by\nadministrative regulations of the board promulgated pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A.\n(2) The board shall administer the Kentucky nursing incentive scholarship fund and\nmay recover reasonable costs for administering the fund. The board shall be\nresponsible for receiving and evaluating all applications for the scholarship made by\npersons who are bona fide residents of the Commonwealth and who desire to\nbecome nurses. The board shall evaluate each application to determine if the\napplicant complies with criteria for such scholarships as set forth in KRS 314.025 to\n314.027 and in administrative regulations of the board.\n(3) Applications from all persons determined to be qualified shall be forwarded to the\nboard. The board shall designate the persons to receive assistance and the amount\nthereof. Decisions of the board in these matters shall be final. Disbursement of\nfunds shall be pursuant to a written contract between the board and the applicant.\n(4) The yearly individual nursing scholarship award granted shall be determined\nannually by the board. In determining the amount of the award and the number of\nscholarships to be granted, the board shall use its best judgment and shall seek to\nmaintain the scholarship funds for future use.\n(5) Each recipient of a scholarship shall agree in the writte n contract to practice as a\nnurse in Kentucky for at least one (1) year for each academic year funded.","path":["KRS Chapter 314"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=44649","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:10Z","sha256":"670226a62cf05775b2f838b62a2673236cf040a2d351a617f6066d8aab51d175","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-314.025","next":"us-ky/krs-314.027"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}