Section 74-3294 - Scholarship applications; agreements; service obligations, failure to satisfy; sponsorships(a) An applicant for a scholarship under the nursing service scholarship program shall provide to the executive officer, on forms supplied by the executive officer, the following information: (1) The name and address of the applicant;(2) the name and address of the school of nursing in which the applicant is enrolled or to which the applicant has been admitted;(3) the name and address of the sponsor of the applicant and a verified copy of the agreement entered into by the applicant and the sponsor ; and(4) any additional information that may be required by the executive officer.(b) As a condition to awarding a scholarship under the nursing service scholarship program, the executive officer and the applicant for a scholarship shall enter into an agreement that shall require that the scholarship recipient:(1) Complete the required course of instruction and, within six months after completion, attain licensure with the Kansas state board of nursing as a licensed professional nurse or a licensed practical nurse;(2) complete the free application for federal student aid for each academic year for which scholarship funds are awarded under the agreement;(3) within six months after attaining licensure, engage in the full-time practice of nursing, or the equivalent to full-time practice, in Kansas and continue such full-time practice, or the equivalent to full-time practice, for the total amount of time required under the agreement, which shall be for a period of not less than the length of the course of instruction for which scholarship assistance was provided, or engage in the part-time practice of nursing in Kansas and continue such part-time practice for the total amount of time required under the agreement, which shall be for a period of time that is equivalent to full time, as determined by the state board of regents, multiplied by the length of the course of instruction for which scholarship assistance was provided. If the scholarship recipient has a sponsorship agreement, then the scholarship recipient shall engage in the practice of nursing in the employment of such sponsor in accordance with such sponsorship agreement for the period of time required under this paragraph, except as provided in K.S.A. 74-3296, and amendments thereto;(4) comply with such other terms and conditions as may be specified by such agreement;(5) maintain records and make reports to the executive officer as may be required by the executive officer to document the satisfaction of the obligations under the nursing service scholarship program and under agreements entered into pursuant thereto and with the sponsor, if any; and(6) upon failure to satisfy the requirements of the agreement with the state board of regents, repay to the state the amounts as provided in K.S.A. 74-3295, and amendments thereto. Amended by L. 2024, ch. 82,§ 18, eff. 5/2/2024.Amended by L. 2017, ch. 20,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2017.L. 1989, ch. 223, § 4; L. 1992, ch. 87, § 2; L. 2001, ch. 151, § 13; July 1.