74-32,425. Amount of grant; payment upon certification of full-time enrollment; limitations. (a) Subject to the other provisions of this section, a career technical workforce grant shall provide, upon certification by a designated educational institution that the eligible student is enrolled in an eligible career technical education program, for payment to the eligible student of an amount not to exceed:

(1) One thousand dollars when the period of time required for completion of the career technical education program in which the eligible student is enrolled is not more than one school year in duration; or

(2) one thousand dollars for each program term, not to exceed two program terms, when the duration of the period of time required for completion of the career technical education program in which the eligible student is enrolled encompasses more than one school year.

(b) In no event shall the amount awarded to an eligible student under a career technical workforce grant or the total of any amounts awarded thereunder exceed an amount equal to the amount of the total tuition and required fees for the career technical education program in which the eligible student is enrolled.

(c) Eligible students who are enrolled as part-time students in a career technical education program at a designated educational institution may qualify for a career technical workforce grant, but shall receive a proportionate amount of the grant based upon the number of credit hours they are enrolled in per academic period, when compared and computed as a fraction of the total number of credit hours required for full-time enrollment.

History: L. 1986, ch. 355, § 3; L. 2012, ch. 168, § 3; July 1.