# 11 KAR 15:040: 11 KAR 15:040. Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship award determination procedure

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## Section

- **Citation:** 11 KAR 15:040
- **Heading:** 11 KAR 15:040. Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship award determination procedure
- **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Kentucky Administrative Regulations / Title 011 (Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority) / Chapter 015 / 11 KAR 15:040

## Text

Section 1. Reduction for Part-time Study. (1) If an eligible student is enrolled as a part-time student for an academic term, the maximum award amount to which the student is entitled shall be one-half of the maximum annual award prorated as follows: (a) Fifty (50) percent if enrolled for six (6) semester hours; (b) Fifty-eight (58) percent if enrolled for seven (7) semester hours; (c) Sixty-seven (67) percent if enrolled for eight (8) semester hours; (d) Seventy-five (75) percent if enrolled for nine (9) semester hours; (e) Eighty-three (83) percent if enrolled for ten (10) semester hours; (f) Ninety-two (92) percent if enrolled for eleven (11) semester hours; and (g) 100 percent if enrolled for twelve (12) semester hours or more. (2) For a quarter hour institution, in order to determine the maximum award amount to which the student is entitled, the number of quarter hours of the student's enrollment shall be converted to semester hours on either a semester or academic year basis as follows: (a) Quarter to semester hour conversion per semester for periods July 1 - December 31 and January 1 – June 30 (b) Quarter to semester hour conversion per academic year for periods July 1 – June 30 (3) The equivalent academic unit of measurement shall be used to correspond to a semester hour, if the participating institution does not use semester hours. (4) A participating institution shall determine full-time and less than full-time enrollment status for purposes of subsection (1) of this section in the same manner as the participating institution uses to determine enrollment status for Pell Grant eligibility.

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