The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education may apply for and accept grants. Upon receipt of sufficient grants, the Commission, or the three Nevada State Commissioners, acting jointly, may enter into binding agreements to purchase additional contract places for Nevada residents in graduate or professional schools within the region. The provisions of NRS 397.060 apply to the selection and certification of applicants to fill any contract place purchased pursuant to this section. The provisions of NRS 397.0615, 397.0645 and 397.0653 do not apply to financial support provided to a participant pursuant to this section. The terms and conditions of repayment, if any, must be set forth fully in a contract between the participant and the grantor.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 357; A 2015, 1506)