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Superintendent recommends interim review of Hathaway Scholarship statute and uses
Summary
State Superintendent Megan Degenfeller asked the committee to consider a holistic interim review of the Hathaway Scholarship statutes, including allowable uses, merit levels and alignment with tuition increases and student access.
State Superintendent Megan Degenfeller asked the Joint Education Committee on March 5 to consider a comprehensive interim review of the Hathaway Scholarship statute, citing complexity in the statute and questions about whether scholarship uses, merit thresholds and program scope remain aligned with higher education costs.
Degenfeller said the Hathaway merit levels have increased only once since 2016 while the University of Wyoming raised tuition about 57% during that period, and she suggested examining whether scholarship definitions and allowable uses — including for non-credit or non-traditional coursework — are still appropriate.
Several legislators agreed the Hathaway topic dovetails with other items, including career-technical education and community-college funding, and recommended folding related proposals into a broader interim look at the scholarship and postsecondary access.
Ending: Committee members signaled support for including Hathaway statute review among possible interim topics and for coordinating that look with community-college and CTE discussions.
