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74-32,284. Amount of grant; duration of eligibility; family household income requirements for eligibility; use of grant moneys; annual maximum amount to be awarded. (a) Subject to appropriations, the amount of a Kansas adult learner grant for a student shall be $3,000 per semester, except that such amount shall be prorated if the student is not enrolled full-time. The prorated amount shall be calculated on a sliding scale, in which full-time enrollment is 12 credit hours per semester and shall qualify for a 100% grant and 6 credit hours of enrollment per semester shall qualify for a 50% grant.

(b) Students receiving an adult learner grant are eligible to continue to receive such grant for up to 48 months after the date that the grant was first awarded or upon graduation from the program, whichever comes first.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, Kansas adult learner grants shall only be awarded to an eligible student whose family household income equals $100,000 or less for a family of two, $150,000 or less for a family of three and, for household sizes above three, a household income that is equal to or less than the family of three amount plus $4,800 for each additional family member.

(d) Moneys awarded as a grant under this act shall only be expended for tuition, required fees and the cost of books and required materials.

(e) For fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, the appropriation made for the Kansas adult learner grant program shall not exceed $1,000,000 for each fiscal year.

History: L. 2023, ch. 64, § 4; May 4.