Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Education Scholarships topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Committee advances bill to allow homeschooled students eligibility for Key scholarship awards
Summary
Senate Bill 83 would let students from noncertified (homeschool) schools be eligible for Kentucky's Key scholarship by translating ACT scores to a GPA equivalency and calculating awards accordingly; the committee adopted a substitute and passed the bill unanimously.
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Senate Committee on Education unanimously approved Senate Bill 83, which would allow students attending noncertified or homeschool programs to qualify for Kentucky’s Key scholarship by converting ACT scores to a GPA-equivalency used in award calculations.
Senator Wilson, presenting the substitute, told the committee the change uses a conversion on pages 6–7 of the substitute to translate an ACT score into a GPA equivalent for the scholarship calculation. "With that translation then you can actually figure out how much their award would be in regards to Keys like for a yearly award," Wilson said, walking the committee through examples from the substitute.
Wilson cited an example in the substitute that equates a 3.7 GPA equivalent to a $425 yearly award, multiplied over four years to $1,700, and noted the substitute also includes a supplemental award calculation. He said the measure has been passed by the committee in similar form in prior years and this is the fifth consecutive year the committee has considered it.
Committee members had no substantive questions during the hearing. A motion to adopt the substitute was made and approved, and then the committee voted to pass the bill out of committee. Senator Williams moved the bill with Senator Rawlings seconding. "Senate Bill 83 passes unanimously with favorable expression," the chair announced.
If enacted, the bill would allow homeschooled students to be treated equivalently to public-school students for Key scholarship eligibility under the substitute formula described in committee materials.
