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33-4301

TITLE 33 EDUCATION CHAPTER 43 SCHOLARSHIPS 33-4301. Short title. This act may be cited as The Scholarships and State Aid Act. History: [33-4301, added 1972, ch. 393, sec. 1, p. 1136; am. 2013, ch. 72, sec. 2, p. 183.]

33-4302

TITLE 33 EDUCATION CHAPTER 43 SCHOLARSHIPS 33-4302. armed forces and public safety officer scholarships. (1)(a) The following individuals shall be eligible for the scholarship program provided for in this section: (i) Any spouse or child of any Idaho resident who entered active service as an Idaho resident as indicated on a DD form 214 certificate of release or discharge from active duty and, while such service member is, or was if deceased, a resident of the state of Idaho: 1. Has been determined by the federal government to be a prisoner of war or missing in action; or 2. Died of, or is determined to be unemployable due to, injuries or wounds sustained during active duty or inactive duty training; (ii) Any spouse or child of any member of the United States armed forces who is stationed in the state of Idaho on military orders and who: 1. Is deployed from the state of Idaho to any area of armed conflict in which the United States is a party and who has been determined by the federal government to be a prisoner of war or missing in action or has died of or is determined to be unemployable due to injuries or wounds sustained in action as a result of such deployment; or 2. Dies of, or is determined to be unemployable due to, injuries or wounds sustained during active duty or inactive duty training; and (iii) Any spouse or child of a full-time or part-time public safety officer, as defined in paragraph (b) of this subsection, employed by or volunteering for the state of Idaho or for a political subdivision of the state of Idaho, which public safety officer is or was a resident of the state of Idaho at the time such officer was killed or totally and permanently disabled in the line of duty. The scholarship provided for in this section shall not be available unless it is determined that: 1. The death or disablement of the public safety officer occurred in the performance of the officer’s duties; 2. The death or disablement was not caused by the intentional misconduct of the public safety officer or by such officer’s intentional infliction of injury; and 3. The public safety officer was not voluntarily intoxicated at the time of death. (b) As used in this section: (i) Active duty means state active duty as defined in section 46-409 , Idaho Code, or full-time duty with any of the United States armed forces. (ii) Inactive duty training means training or maintenance activities prescribed, required, or authorized for military members that do not constitute active duty. (iii) Military member means a member of the United States armed forces. (iv) Public safety officer means a peace officer, a firefighter, or a paramedic, emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, or advanced emergency medical technician as defined in section 46-903 , Idaho Code. (v) United States armed forces means the air force, army, coast guard, marine corps, navy, or space force, or the reserve component of any such service. (vi) Volunteering means contributing services a

33-4303

TITLE 33 EDUCATION CHAPTER 43 SCHOLARSHIPS 33-4303. Idaho opportunity scholarship. (1) The purposes of this section are to: (a) Recognize that all Idaho citizens benefit from an educated citizenry; (b) Increase individual economic vitality and improve the overall quality of life for many of Idaho’s citizens; (c) Provide access to eligible Idaho postsecondary education through funding to remove financial barriers; (d) Increase the opportunity for economically disadvantaged Idaho students; and (e) Incentivize students to complete a postsecondary education degree or certificate. (2) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (a) Educational costs means the dollar amount determined annually by the state board of education as necessary for student tuition, fees, books, and such other expenses reasonably related to attendance at an eligible Idaho postsecondary educational institution. (b) Eligible Idaho postsecondary educational institution means a public postsecondary organization governed or supervised by the state board, the board of regents of the university of Idaho, a board of trustees of a community college established pursuant to the provisions of chapter 21, title 33 , Idaho Code, or the state board for career technical education or any educational organization located in Idaho that is: (i) Operated privately; (ii) Classified as not-for-profit under state law; (iii) Under the control of an independent board and not directly controlled or administered by a public or political subdivision; and (iv) Accredited by an organization recognized by the state board as provided in section 33-2402 , Idaho Code. (c) Eligible student means a student who: (i) Is an Idaho resident as defined in section 33-3717B , Idaho Code; (ii) Has graduated or will graduate from an accredited high school or its equivalent in Idaho as determined by the state board; (iii) Has enrolled or applied to an eligible Idaho postsecondary educational institution; (iv) Is a postsecondary undergraduate student who has not previously completed a baccalaureate (bachelor’s) degree or higher; (v) Beginning with the graduating high school class of 2025, is not receiving any grant funds pursuant to the provisions of section 72-1205 , Idaho Code; and (vi) Meets need and merit criteria as set by the state board. Eligible student also means a student who has met the eligibility requirements and was awarded an opportunity scholarship prior to June 30, 2014. Continued eligibility shall be based upon the eligibility requirements at the time of the original award. (d) Opportunity scholarship program means the scholarship program described in this section and in the rules established by the state board. (e) Shared model of responsibility means a model set by the board to determine the required and expected contributions of the student, the student’s family and available federal financial aid. (f) State board means the state board of education. (3)(a) To qualify for the

33-4304

TITLE 33 EDUCATION CHAPTER 43 SCHOLARSHIPS 33-4304. scholarship program reporting requirements. All eligible institutions participating in the scholarships and state aid programs shall report student level data on the effectiveness of the program. The data reported shall be established by the state board of education. History: 33-4304, added 2013, ch. 72, sec. 7, p. 187.]