§ 21-16-1301 — Definitions

(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Academic term" means the fall semester or term
or the spring semester or term. In this article, "term" and
"semester" have the same meaning except that recipients may
elect to use the scholarship during summer school, which except
as provided by W.S. 21-16-1304(h) and 21-16-1305(e), counts
toward the maximum number of terms for which the student is
eligible but does not count toward computation of an academic
year;
(ii) "Academic year" means two (2) consecutive
semesters or terms and is the period of time a full-time student
is expected to complete the equivalent of at least two (2)
semesters of academic work;
(iii) Repealed by Laws 2016, ch. 15, § 2.
(iv) "Certificate" means a credential other than a
degree as defined in paragraph (vi) of this subsection. A
"certificate" is an associate of applied science degree or
satisfactory completion of training in a program of study
offered by a Wyoming community college that results in a
license, permit, certificate or other government or industry
recognized qualification for working in a trade or occupation
and may require on-the-job training and credit hours to complete
the program;
(v) "Cost of attendance" means the sum cost of
tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, books and supplies,
travel and personal expenses to attend an eligible institution
as determined annually by the institution in accordance with
W.S. 21-16-1306(b);
(vi) "Degree" means a baccalaureate, an associate
degree other than a certificate and a graduate or professional
degree;
(vii) "Department" means the Wyoming department of
education;
(viii) "Eligible high school" means a public or
private secondary school that is located in Wyoming and is
accredited or licensed by the department or is exempt from
licensure pursuant to W.S. 21-2-406(a)(i);
(ix) "Eligible institution" means the University of
Wyoming or a Wyoming community college;
(x) "Equivalent of a full-time semester" means twelve
(12) semester hours in a semester;
(xi) "Expenditure account" means the Hathaway
scholarship expenditure account established under W.S.
21-16-1302;
(xii) "Grade point average" or "GPA" means the
numbered grade average calculated using a 4.0 scale and,
beginning school year 2018-2019 and each school year thereafter,
for determining initial scholarship eligibility only, shall
include a measure to account for academic rigor of courses in
accordance with rule and regulation of the department;
(xiii) "Graduate of an out-of-state high school"
means a person attending and graduating from an out-of-state
high school pursuant to W.S. 21-4-501 or 21-4-505(a);
(xiv) "Satisfactory academic progress" means, except
as further specified in this paragraph, completing at least six
(6) semester hours per semester if enrolled for less than twelve
(12) semester hours and completing at least twelve (12) semester
hours per semester if enrolled for twelve (12) or more semester
hours, and meeting such other criteria as established by the
eligible institution to ensure the student earns his degree or
certificate in a timely manner. The student's hours of
enrollment for purposes of this paragraph shall be the same
number of hours of enrollment used to determine the state's
obligation to reimburse the eligible institution for the
student's scholarship under this article. Satisfactory academic
progress shall be determined annually following the spring
semester, but a student's scholarship may be reinstated pursuant
to W.S. 21-16-1304(f)(i) or 21-16-1305(d)(i) following any
semester or summer school session. For students enrolled in a
program at a Wyoming community college that requires on-the-job
training and less than six (6) credit hours per semester to
receive a certificate, "satisfactory academic progress" means
completing all semester hours the student is enrolled in each
semester, meeting the hourly on-the-job training requirements
and meeting other criteria as established by the Wyoming
community college to ensure the student earns the certificate in
a timely manner;
(xv) "Scholarship" means an award provided pursuant
to W.S. 21-16-1304, 21-16-1305 or 21-16-1306;
(xvi) "Semester hour" means each nonremedial semester
hour attempted for credit toward a postsecondary degree or
certificate;
(xvii) "Title IV" means Title IV of the federal
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended;
(xviii) "Unmet financial need" means the cost of
attendance minus the sum of expected family contribution and all
federal, state, local, institutional and privately funded
scholarships or grants received by the student, all as
determined by the eligible institution. The institution shall
use the most recent federal free application for federal student
aid form to determine expected family contribution and shall do
so annually in accordance with W.S. 21-16-1306(b);
(xix) "Career-technical aptitude assessment score"
means qualifying scores on an assessment measuring fundamental
workplace skills. The department shall specify by rule and
regulation a career-technical aptitude assessment test to be
used;
(xx) "National percentile rank" means the percentage
of scores that fall at or below a given score on a standardized
college entrance examination. For purposes of this article, the
national percentile ranks are the foundation of an
equi-percentile linking method, based on student performance in
school year 2015-2016, to determine the scores required on a
standardized college entrance examination for scholarship
eligibility.