Kansas Statutes § 74-3289 Payment of Kansas education opportunity scholarships; certification of enrollment; discontinued attendance of scholar.

74-3289. Payment of Kansas education opportunity scholarships; certification of enrollment; discontinued attendance of scholar. (a) Kansas education opportunity scholarships may be paid annually for two semesters or the equivalent thereof, and may be allocated equally between the semesters or the equivalent of semesters, or otherwise, as determined by the state board of regents. Kansas education opportunity scholarships shall be paid at a time or times to be determined by the state board of regents upon certification by an eligible institution that a Kansas education opportunity scholar is enrolled full time in an educational program. Payments of Kansas education opportunity scholarships shall be made upon vouchers approved by the administrative officer of the state board of regents designated by the state board and upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports. Payments of Kansas education opportunity scholarships may be made by the issuance of a single warrant to each eligible institution where a Kansas education opportunity scholar is enrolled for the total amount of Kansas education opportunity scholarships for all Kansas education opportunity scholars enrolled at that institution. The director of accounts and reports shall cause such warrant to be delivered to the eligible institution where such scholar or scholars are enrolled. Upon receipt of such warrant, the eligible institution shall credit immediately the account of each Kansas education opportunity scholar enrolled at that institution by an amount specified by the board of regents for each such scholar. (b) If a Kansas education opportunity scholar discontinues attendance before the end of any semester or equivalent thereof, after an eligible institution has received payment under this section, the eligible institution shall pay to the state: (1) The entire amount that such scholar would otherwise qualify to have refunded not to exceed the amount of the payment made under a Kansas education opportunity scholarship for the semester or equivalent thereof; or (2) if a Kansas education opportunity scholar has received payments under any federal program of student assistance in the semester, the state's pro rata share of the entire amount that such scholar would otherwise qualify to have refunded not to exceed the amount of the payment made under a Kansas education opportunity scholarship for the semester or equivalent thereof. (c) All amounts paid to the state by an eligible institution under subsection (b) shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the Kansas education opportunity scholarship discontinued attendance fund. The Kansas education opportunity scholarship discontinued attendance fund is hereby created. All expenditures from the Kansas education opportunity scholarship discontinued attendance fund shall be for Kansas education opportunity scholarships. History: L. 1989, ch. 224, § 6; L. 2000, ch. 143, § 5; L. 2024, ch. 82, § 15; May 2.