36.34 Minority student programs.
(1) Ben R. Lawton minority undergraduate grant program.
(a) In this subsection “minority undergraduate" means an undergraduate student who:
1. Is a Black American.
2. Is an American Indian.
3. Is a Hispanic, as defined in s. 16.287 (1) (d).
4. Is a person who is admitted to the United States after December 31, 1975, and who either is a former citizen of Laos, Vietnam or Cambodia or whose ancestor was or is a citizen of Laos, Vietnam or Cambodia.
(b) The board shall establish a grant program for minority undergraduates enrolled in the system. The board shall designate all grants under this subsection as Lawton grants. The board may not make a grant under this subsection to a person whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).
History: 1985 a. 29; 1987 a. 27 ss. 666g, 666i, 670 to 673, 675; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 404; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 109; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 25, 254; 2009 a. 28; 2011 a. 32.