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Committee tables plan to let Hathaway scholarships pay private postsecondary costs; working group assigned
Summary
LSO presented a draft to allow Hathaway awards at accredited private postsecondary institutions; the committee tabled the draft and formed a working group to examine accreditation, eligible costs, accounting and constitutional issues.
Legislative staff presented a separate draft (26 LSO 96) to allow Hathaway scholarship recipients to use awards at certain private, postsecondary institutions in Wyoming. Committee members and witnesses raised questions about accreditation, program design, constitutional and budgetary implications, and the bill was tabled for further study.
Tanya Heitrich explained the core drafting challenge: Hathaway statute and administration are semester‑ and institution‑specific; many private schools operate on different academic calendars (for example, six‑ or nine‑month programs). That incompatibility affects…
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