(a)Plan participation and benefit payments shall be
subject to the following additional restrictions and
qualifications:
(i)The plan may be used to complete only one (1)
degree, certificate or other educational objective, except as
authorized under subsection (c) of this section;
(ii)Participation shall be limited to the earlier
of:
(A)A period of ten (10) years from the date of
the participant's initial enrollment in the plan; or
(B)The participant's completion of the
participant's one (1) degree, certificate or other educational
objective, unless authorized for additional education under
subsection (c) of this section.
(iii)Any member receiving educational assistance
under the plan, or whose spouse or dependent is receiving
educational assistance under the plan, who fails to mainta
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(a) Plan participation and benefit payments shall be
subject to the following additional restrictions and
qualifications:
(i) The plan may be used to complete only one (1)
degree, certificate or other educational objective, except as
authorized under subsection (c) of this section;
(ii) Participation shall be limited to the earlier
of:
(A) A period of ten (10) years from the date of
the participant's initial enrollment in the plan; or
(B) The participant's completion of the
participant's one (1) degree, certificate or other educational
objective, unless authorized for additional education under
subsection (c) of this section.
(iii) Any member receiving educational assistance
under the plan, or whose spouse or dependent is receiving
educational assistance under the plan, who fails to maintain
satisfactory participation in the Wyoming national guard shall
repay all educational assistance granted under the plan for that
current academic term. The member, or the member's spouse or
dependent if applicable, shall be ineligible for educational
assistance under the plan until the adjutant general has
determined that the member meets the minimum requirements for
satisfactory membership in the Wyoming national guard;
(iv) Any member who has received assistance under the
plan and who fails to complete the initial six (6) year
commitment required by W.S. 19-9-503(a)(iii) and maintain
satisfactory participation in the Wyoming national guard for the
two (2) year period required by W.S. 19-9-503(a)(iv), or who
fails to complete any additional commitment under subsection (c)
of this section or under W.S. 19-9-503(c), shall repay all
educational assistance received under the plan.
(b) The adjutant general may promulgate rules waiving
repayment otherwise required under subsection (a) of this
section for death, incapacity or other good cause shown. The
adjutant general shall immediately transmit all repayments of
benefits under the plan to the state treasurer for deposit in
the state general fund.
(c) The plan may be used to complete authorized courses to
complete one (1) additional degree, certificate or other
educational objective beyond the one (1) degree, certificate or
other educational objective authorized in paragraph (a)(i) of
this section if the member agrees in writing to serve in the
Wyoming national guard for not less than four (4) years in
addition to the six (6) year commitment period required by W.S.
19-9-503(a)(iii) and the two (2) year commitment period required
by W.S. 19-9-503(a)(iv).