Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: 11-119

• File #: 11-119
• Version: 3
• Name: Concurrent Enrollment Scholarship Act of 2011
• Type: Legislative Act
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/27/2011
• In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
• On agenda: 11/14/2011
• Final action: 11/13/2011
• Enactment date: 11/13/2011
• Enactment #: LA-23-11
• Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO AID CHEROKEE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE CONCURRENTLY ENROLLED
• Sponsors: David Walkingstick, Bill John Baker, Buel Anglen, Jack D. Baker, Julia Coates, Cara Cowan Watts, Jodie Fishinghawk, Janelle Fullbright, Tina Glory Jordan, Don Garvin, Chuck Hoskin Jr. , Lee Keener Jr., Dick Lay, Curtis Snell, David Thornton, Sr.
• Indexes: Scholarship
• Code sections: Title 70 - Schools and Education
• Related files: 17-060, 18-006, 13-025

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/16/2011	3	OFFICE OF THE CHIEF	Signed
11/14/2011	2	TRIBAL COUNCIL	Approved	Pass
10/10/2011	1	EDUCATION COMMITTEE	Approved and Forwarded to Council	Pass

Title
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO AID CHEROKEE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE CONCURRENTLY ENROLLED
Body
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:

Section 1. Title and Codification

This Legislative Act shall be titled as the “Concurrent Enrollment Scholarship Act of 2011” and codified under Title____of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated (“CNCA”).

Section 2. Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to create a scholarship program to enable benefit Cherokee high school students residing in the Cherokee Nation Scholarship Program service area (see attached map)students in the State of Oklahoma who are currently enrolled in college courses through the Oklahoma Regents of Higher Education.an accredited public or private institution of higher learning

Section 3. Legislative History


Section 4. Definitions

Concurrent Enrollment: means students who are either a high school Junior or Senior who are taking college courses through an accredited public or private institution.
program established by the Oklahoma Regents of Higher Education.

Section 5. Substantive Provisions

Cherokee Nation high school students who enroll in college courses through the concurrent enrollment program established by the Oklahoma Regents of Higher Education may receive financial assistance from the Cherokee Nation in an amount not to exceed seventy dollars ($70.00) per credit hour.The Cherokee Nation College Resource Center shall establish a scholarship program to benefit Cherokee high school students residing in the Cherokee Nation Scholarship Program service area (see attached map) who are currently enrolled in college courses through an accredited public or private institution of higher learning. The establishment of said program and scholarship awards shall be contingent upon the availability of funding.
Said financial assistance shall be used to defray expenses associated with the courses taken, which include, but not limited to, fees charged by the applicable university o...