§ 74-32,114 — Award and renewal of fellowships; determination of qualification for award; amount; duration

(a) A fellowship may be awarded under the Kansas ethnic minority fellowship program to any qualified ethnic minority graduate student and may be renewed for each such student who remains qualified for the fellowship. Subject to appropriations therefor, the number of new fellowships awarded under the program in each year shall not exceed 40. Determination of the graduate students qualified for such fellowships shall be made by the executive officer in consultation with the chief academic officers of the state educational institutions. The state board of regents shall establish, by rules and regulations, indicators of scholastic ability for determination of the qualifications of ethnic minority graduate students for the award of fellowships under the program.
(b) A fellowship awarded under the program shall provide for payment to a qualified ethnic minority graduate student of a stipend in an amount not to exceed the amount of the cost of attendance for an academic year at the state educational institution in which the graduate student is enrolled. Such stipends may be enhanced by the state educational institutions. A qualified ethnic minority graduate student may be awarded a fellowship in each academic year until the requirements of the graduate program in which the student is enrolled are completed.

Legislative History

L. 1993, ch. 47, § 3; L. 1994, ch. 66, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 151, § 29; July 1.