74-3297. Sponsorship agreements; terms, conditions, obligations; rules and regulations; annual report.
(a) The state board of regents, after consultation with the committee, may adopt rules and regulations establishing minimum terms, conditions and obligations which shall be incorporated into the provisions of any agreement entered into between a sponsor and the recipient of a scholarship under the nursing service scholarship program. The terms, conditions and obligations shall be consistent with the provisions of law relating to the nursing service scholarship program. The terms, conditions and obligations so established shall include, but not be limited to, the terms of eligibility for financial assistance under the nursing service scholarship program, the amount of financial assistance to be offered, the length of employment with the sponsor required as a condition to the receipt of such financial assistance, the circumstances under which the employment obligation may be discharged or forgiven, the amount of money required to be repaid because of failure to satisfy the obligations under an agreement and the method of repayment and such other additional provisions as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the nursing service scholarship program. The state board of regents, after consultation with the committee, shall adopt rules and regulations as necessary to administer the nursing service scholarship program.
(b) The state board of regents shall provide an annual written report on the nursing service scholarship program to the senate and house committees on education.
History: L. 1989, ch. 223, § 7; L. 2001, ch. 151, § 16; L. 2017, ch. 20, § 4; July 1.