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Gov. Beshear to ceremonially sign coal-county college assistance program bill

Kentucky Coal County College Completion Program provides financial assistance to students from coal counties

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (Dec. 17, 2014) — Gov. Steve Beshear will be at the University of Pikeville on Thursday to ceremonially sign House Bill 2, the Kentucky Coal County College Completion Program. The signing will be held at 2:15 p.m., in Booth Auditorium Lobby, Record Memorial Building, Level 5.

KY2014-15The bill, which was signed into law in April, was created to provide financial assistance to help students earning a bachelor’s degree at postsecondary education institutions located in coal-producing counties.

To qualify for the programs students need to:

  • Be a U.S. citizen
  • Be a permanent resident of a Kentucky coal‐producing county.
  • Have earned at least sixty (60) credit hours toward a bachelor’s degree.
  • Be enrolled at least half‐time in a bachelor’s degree program.
  • Be in good academic standing.
  • Have no past due financial obligations to KHEAA.

The program awards:

  • Up to $6,800 per year at nonprofit, independent institution located in a coal-producing county.
  • Up to $2,300 per year at public university extension campus located in a coal‐producing county.
  • Up to $3,400 per year at public or nonprofit, independent institution whose main campus is in Kentucky, but not in a coal‐producing county.