§302A-707 Felix stipend program special fund. (a) There is established the Felix stipend program special fund, into which shall be deposited all moneys received as repayment from students due to a breach in contractual agreements under the Felix stipend program, which offers tuition waivers for qualified candidates who enroll at the University of Hawaii in special education teacher programs at the undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, and graduate levels in exchange for their agreement to work for the department for a period of three to five years immediately following completion of their teacher preparation program.
(b) The special fund shall be administered and used by the department to provide ongoing funding for the provision of tuition assistance to students for the Felix consent decree recruitment and retention program, or any successor programs, and related costs. [L 2007, c 276, §2]