§ 2531a - Scholarships; award by senators
§ 2531a. Scholarships; award by senators
(a) Each state senator each year may award scholarships of not more than $300.00 nor less than $100.00 each and totaling not more than $3,000.00 to qualified, worthy and needy applicants. Each scholarship, certified by the state senator on forms furnished by the school, when presented in part payment of tuition is tenable:
(1) at any university or college in Vermont which is accredited by the New England association of schools and colleges;
(2) at any institution in this state from which a student can obtain a degree in law;
(3) at any accredited school of nursing in Vermont;
(4) at any accredited graduate school outside the state if the graduate degree to be obtained is not available within the state; or
(5) at any accredited graduate school, school of law or school of nursing outside the state if the student has applied for admission to a comparable Vermont school or institution and has not been accepted.
(b) When the scholarship certificate is submitted by the college to him, the commissioner of finance and management shall issue his warrant to the college in payment of the scholarship. (1959, No. 252, §§ 1, 2; amended 1963, No. 234; 1965, No. 198, § 10; 1973, No. 262 (Adj. Sess.), § 57; 1975, No. 202 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 27, 1976; 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b).)