HOUSE BILL NO. 1285 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SMITH (68).
2665H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To repeal section 173.2505, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to scholarships for dual enrollment courses.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 173.2505, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu 2 thereof, to be known as section 173.2505, to read as follows: 173.2505. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Dual Credit and 2 Dual Enrollment Scholarship Act". 3 2. To be eligible to receive the dual credit or dual enrollment scholarship, or both, a 4 student shall: 5 (1) Be a United States citizen or permanent resident; 6 (2) Be a Missouri resident as defined by the coordinating board for higher education 7 pursuant to section 173.005; 8 (3) Be enrolled in a dual credit or dual enrollment course offered by an approved dual 9 credit provider or an approved dual enrollment provider, as defined in section 173.2500; 10 (4) Have a cumulative high school grade point average of at least two and a half on a 11 four point scale or equivalent; and 12 (5) Meet one or more of the following indicators of economic need: 13 (a) Be individually eligible to be enrolled in a federal free or reduced-price lunch 14 program, based on income levels established by the United States Department of Agriculture; 15 (b) Reside in a foster home, be a ward of the state, or be homeless as defined by 16 Subtitle VII-B of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; or
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language. HB 1285 2
17 (c) Receive as part of such student's immediate family low-income public assistance, 18 such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or the Special Supplemental 19 Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), or live in federally subsidized 20 public housing. 21 3. The dual credit and dual enrollment scholarship is hereby created to provide 22 financial assistance to high school students enrolling in dual credit or dual enrollment courses 23 offered by an approved dual credit or dual enrollment provider. The coordinating board may 24 promulgate rules for the administration of the program including establishing the application, 25 eligibility, and payment procedures. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in 26 section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become 27 effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if 28 applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the 29 powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the 30 effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then 31 the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2016, 32 shall be invalid and void. 33 4. (1) Subject to appropriation, each eligible student shall be offered a dual credit or 34 dual enrollment scholarship equal to: 35 (a) The tuition and fees paid by the student to enroll in a dual credit or dual 36 enrollment course offered by an approved dual credit or dual enrollment provider; and 37 (b) The mileage expenses incurred in attending a dual enrollment course. 38 (2) (a) The amount of mileage expenses eligible for reimbursement to such 39 student or the student's parent shall be, rounded to the nearest dollar, the product 40 obtained by multiplying: 41 a. The number of days the student attended the dual enrollment course at a 42 location other than the high school at which such student is enrolled if the student's high 43 school does not provide transportation; 44 b. The number of miles in a single round trip between the student's residence 45 and the location at which the dual enrollment course is offered; and 46 c. The mileage reimbursement rate of thirty-seven cents per mile. 47 (b) The student or the student's parent shall keep a record of each instance of 48 transporting the student to and from the student's residence and the location at which 49 the dual enrollment course is offered. Such record may be verified by the student's 50 attendance records or in a similar manner as established by board policy. 51 (c) All reimbursements made under this subdivision to a student or the student's 52 parent shall be made quarterly. HB 1285 3
53 5. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Dual Credit and Dual Enrollment 54 Scholarship Fund", which shall consist of moneys appropriated to the fund by the general 55 assembly and private donations made to the fund. The state treasurer shall be the custodian of 56 the fund and shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. 57 Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund. 58 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in 59 the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund. ✔
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