§ 42-72.8-1. Statement of purpose. (a) There are many children in the custody of the department of children, youth, and families who have been in such custody for several years and who have no family resources or whose family has limited ability to provide funds for post secondary education. Such children often possess the academic […]
§ 42-72.8-2. Administration of program. (a) Each year the department shall identify and recommend from among youth in its legal custody, or who were in the Department’s legal custody on their eighteenth (18th) birthday, those students who may be eligible to apply for a Higher Education Opportunity Incentive Grant. The department of elementary and secondary […]
§ 42-72.8-3. Selection of grant recipients. (a) There shall be a grant award selection committee which shall consist of a representative from each of the institutions of higher education appointed by their respective presidents, two (2) representatives from the department of children, youth and families appointed by the director, one representative from the department of […]
§ 42-72.8-4. Appropriation. The general assembly shall appropriate the sum of $ 50,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000; $ 100,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001; $ 150,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002; and $ 200,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003 and thereafter. History […]
