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Sponsor outlines Hathaway scholarship changes to include certificate programs, proposes post-graduation work requirement

2132216 · January 20, 2025
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Representative Harshman presented House Bill 36 to allow certain certificate programs to qualify for Hathaway scholarship eligibility and to add a one-year in-state work or graduate-school requirement; the Department of Education said key academic-progress rules would need clarification.

CHEYENNE — Representative Harshman brought House Bill 36 before the House Education Committee on Jan. 20, 2025, proposing two principal changes to the Hathaway scholarship program: (1) broaden the eligible definition of "certificate" so community-college journeyman and other multi-year certificate programs can qualify when students are not full-time, and (2) add a one-year post-graduation work requirement in Wyoming (or one year to enroll in graduate school) as a condition for certain…

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