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The Kickstart Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarship (KWTS) is a precursor to the Legislatively-created Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarship (WTS) endowment which is intended to provide post-secondary education access through financial assistance to qualified students.
Dividends from the endowment create (A) annual base allocations of scholarship awards issued to the College and (B) a high demand allocation to represent secondary, statewide allocation to support scholarship awards to students in high growth/high demand academic programs identified by the Wyoming Community College Commission (WCCC). Until the endowment reaches a corpus of $50,000,000, no dividends may be released in form of WTS awards.
Therefore, during the 2023 legislative session, $1,250,000 in one-time funds were appropriated by the WY Legislature to be awarded to otherwise eligible students using Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarship statute, rules, and guidance, but under a different scholarship name. For the 2023-24 award year, these one-time funds are known as Kickstart Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarships.
Once the WTS endowment corpus reaches the minimum amount for dividend issuance, KWTS scholarships will retire the “kickstart” label and simply be referred to as Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarships. All other student eligibility and administrative requirements will remain the same under both scholarship programs. However, since both scholarships are separate and distinct from one another, award receipts and eligibility determinations made under the KWTS program do not carry over into the WTS program.
The $1,250,000 has been divided up between the University and the Community Colleges with each college having a different amount allocated which determines how many scholarships each institution is able to provide.
Two types of programs are eligible for Kickstart Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarships:
An otherwise eligible student may not receive more than $7,200 lifetime and up to $1,800 per semester at full-time enrollment for four (4) semesters. For-credit program semester awards are prorated for less than full-time enrollment status by dividing the number of enrolled credit hours on the College’s Census Day (day after 16-week semesters add/drop period ends) by twelve (12.0). Students in eligible non-credit programs are considered to be the equivalent of full-time enrolled, are not prorated for enrollment status, and may not receive more than $1,800 for any period of academic engagement that is substantially equal to, or less than, an academic semester in length. Award amounts are determined through calculation of a student’s federal need:
Cost of Attendance (COA)
– Expected Family Contribution (EFC)
– All Gift Aid*
= Need
*With the exception of a Wyoming Works Student Grant (WWSG) which is a last-dollar award as specified in statute. So if a student is eligible for both KWTS and Wyoming Works, KWTS awards are determined first, then WWSG awards are determined. Otherwise, KWTS is considered to be the last-dollar award calculated for the student.
Important Award Distinction – An eligible student may not receive more than the maximum equivalent of four (4) full-time academic terms and not receive more than a total scholarship award of $7,200. With guidance from the Wyoming Community College Commission, this means:
Funding for the Kickstart Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarship programs that span more than one year is subject to the availability of funds and is contingent on the State Treasurer transferring monies to the Kickstart Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarship Expenditure account. In the event that annual scholarship budgets are insufficient to meet demand, the WCCC and the College may prioritize awards to qualified applicants in the following order:
Funding for the Kickstart Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarship programs that span more than one year is subject to the availability of funds as provided by the Kickstart Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarship Endowment and is contingent on the State Treasurer transferring monies to the Kickstart Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarship Expenditure account. Any scholarship awarded by CWC is provisional until certified by the Wyoming Community College Commission and certification is not guaranteed.
Students must meet all eligibility requirements (initial or renewal) to receive a Kickstart Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarship:
The Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarship, and therefore the Kickoff Wyoming’s Tomorrow scholarship statute permits appeal for failing to maintain continuous enrollment. The Wyoming Community College Commission will make available to any student who has lost the scholarship due to a lapse in enrollment an appeal process to be considered for scholarship reinstatement. Processes are clearly articulated on the Commission website and include a waiver application. The College shall refer any interested individual to the Commission.
A student required to repeat coursework or program content within a program due to failure, withdrawal, or lapse in enrollment may receive additional student scholarships for future payment periods in future semesters of enrollment for the repeated coursework or program content, subject to the maximum scholarship amount provided in law.
Students are permitted to receive Kickstart Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarships for approved courses taken in combination with HOME/HOST school enrollment. Students shall apply for Kickstart Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarships with the student’s HOME college’s financial aid office at any time prior to the beginning of their next semester of enrollment. CWC students wishing to use a Kickstart Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarship consortium agreement at CWC shall use the College’s Federal Student Aid Consortium Agreement form & procedure.
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For any questions please contact DeeAnna Archuleta: darchule@cwc.edu or (307) 855-2150.
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