R765-606-4. Scholarship Award

(1) The Commissioner, or their designee, may award a one-year USHE Employee Partner Scholarship to an individual employed at a USHE institution for up to 50% of tuition and fees if the employee: (a) is employed at a USHE institution full-time; (b) has been admitted to a USHE institution other than the one at which the employee is employed, and has declared intention to enroll; and (c) intends to pursue a program of study leading to a certificate, degree or other credential related to the employee's current job duties or a related career progression. (2) To continue to receive the scholarship award each semester, a recipient must successfully complete each course for which they received the scholarship award. (3) Recipients may receive a scholarship award until the earlier of four years after the day on which the recipient initially receives the scholarship award, for eight semesters, or when the recipient completes an approved program, subject to the requirements of this rule.