Title 38 — Title 38

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Fostering Hope Scholarship Act of 2015. History: (Act 2015-121, §1.)

The commissioner of the department may promulgate rules as necessary to implement and administer this chapter. History: (Act 2015-121, §10.)

(a) The State Department of Human Resources shall develop and administer Fostering Hope, a scholarship program for designated persons currently or formerly in the state foster care program, including children adopted from the program at the age of 14 or older. Commencing with the…

The program shall include a mentor service administered by the department as a support system for participants of the college tuition scholarship program. This service shall include mentors who shall be compensated by the department, as employees or contractors, to help participa…

Appropriations for the program shall be used by the department on behalf of participants in each fiscal year to pay public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education or other publicly funded training programs in the state for benefits extended to participants by the …

The program shall pay tuition and required fees for a participant as governed by rules promulgated by the department. In no event shall tuition and required fees be paid pursuant to this section for more than 72 academic hours toward an associate’s degree or 144 academic hours to…

(a) To be eligible to participate in the program, a scholarship applicant shall satisfy all of the following: (1) Be in the legal custody of the foster care program of the department at the time of graduation from high school or earning a General Educational Development (GED) hig…

A scholarship awarded pursuant to this chapter may not be reduced by the amount of any federal aid, scholarship funds, or grant funds otherwise received by the person or by the amount of any private donations made to assist the Fostering Hope program. History: (Act 2015-121, §7.)…

Fostering Hope scholarship funds shall be applied to tuition and mandatory fees before any other grant, loan, voucher, or scholarship the student may be awarded to attend a public two-year or four-year institution of higher education in the state or publicly funded state training…

Any other provision of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, an otherwise eligible person who earns grants, scholarships, or other awards, excluding loans, sufficient to pay his or her tuition, room and board, and other fees at a public two- year or four-year institution …