Title: Governor Guinn Millennium Teaching Scholarship Program
Vote to pass a bill expanding the Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship Program.
- Defines the millennium teaching scholarship as a Governor Guinn Millennium Teaching Scholarship [GGMTS] that is awarded to a student who is enrolled in a qualifying program of teacher education (sec. 4). - Establishes the Millennium Teaching Scholarship Program to award millennium teaching scholarships (sec. 6). - Directs the Board of Regents to issue a number of millennium teaching scholarships that it deems likely to ensure that each year: at least 300 students complete a qualifying program of teacher education in special education; and at least 100 students complete a qualifying program in mathematics or science (sec. 6). - Establishes that to qualify for a GGMTS, a student must agree to teach at a public school for three years (sec. 7). - Establishes that the GGMTS pay for 100% of the costs of enrolling in a qualifying program that are not satisfied by other grants and scholarships (sec. 8). - Defines bona fide resident for the purpose of Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship eligibility to exclude alien[s] who [are] not eligible for a state or local benefit as determined in accordance with 8 U. S. C. § 1621 unless the alien has executed an affidavit declaring his intention to become a citizen of the United States (sec. 13).
Title: Governor Guinn Millennium Teaching Scholarship Program