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Wyoming Education Committee expands Hathaway eligibility to include in-state technical and trade schools; bill passes as amended
Summary
The House Education Committee voted to pass House Bill 36 as amended, removing a proposed payback clause and adding Wyoming-accredited technical and trade schools to eligibility for the Hathaway Scholarship; committee members and witnesses debated enforcement and workforce implications.
The House Education Committee voted to pass House Bill 36, amendments to the Hathaway Scholarship program, after approving changes that remove a proposed payback provision and add Wyoming-accredited technical and trade schools as eligible institutions.
The amendment approved by the committee deleted language that would have required repayment under certain conditions and inserted language making “Wyoming accredited for-profit or nonprofit technical or trade schools” eligible for Hathaway awards. Representative Harshman, the bill sponsor, and Vice Chair Lalli urged colleagues to separate the payback discussion from the workforce-focused changes so the committee could move the effort forward.
The change is intended to let students pursuing nondegree certificate and technical training use Hathaway scholarship funds in Wyoming rather than leaving the state for accredited programs. Devin Brubaker, airport director for the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport…
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