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Scholarship Program
ELIGIBILITY
Applicant must be a graduating high school senior or current college undergraduate who is a legal child or grandchild of a KACTFO member. One $1,000.00 scholarship would be awarded on an annual basis for this program on a semester basis of $500.00 per semester. The applicant must be planning to attend a college/university or two-year technical college in the fall. The scholarship will be revoked for the second semester if the student has not earned a 2.0 cumulative GPA at the end of the first semester.
Applicant is required to complete an essay on his/her aspirations and goals. Two letters of recommendation are required: one from a teacher or educator, and one from a nonrelated person attesting to the applicant's character and commitment.
TIMELINE (Jeff Gray Memorial KACTFO Scholarship)
The following timeline is for the current school year.
January: the current Scholarship Committee Chairperson will send out an email to the KACTFO membership reminding everyone that the scholarship is available. The chairperson will follow up with the current year’s winner to verify semester GPA and issue the second semester award check.
March 31: Applications are to be submitted through the website only by midnight local time be it eastern or central time zone.
April 30: Scholarship Committee notifies the KACTFO Board of the scholarship winner.
May 1: KACTFO President or Committee Chair notifies the winning county or neighboring county Treasurer (if the County Treasurer’s child/grandchild is the winner) and asks them to reach out to the high school of the winner and schedule to be at the Honors/Scholarship Senior night to award the scholarship. If the winner is a current college student an award letter will be mailed to the winner.
August: KACTFO president will announce the Scholarship recipient to the KACTFO membership at the Local Issues business meeting.
SCHOLARSHIP SELECTION COMMITTEE
Scholarship recipient will be selected by a KACTFO Scholarship Selection Committee. This committee will consist of three members appointed by the incoming KACTFO President at the conclusion of the spring conference. If on April 1st there is an application from a county of committee member, the committee member will recuse him/herself, and KACTFO President appoint a replacement committee member. .
TIMELINE (Jeff Gray Memorial KACTFO Scholarship)
There would be no personal interview of applicants. The awarding of the scholarship would be based on the accuracy and completeness of the application; the essay; may consider need as it relates to the receipt of other scholarship awards; grades; and community involvement.
The Scholarship Selection Committee would use a ranking system based on the number of applicants received; i.e., if there were 15 applications, the following sections would be ranked from 1 to 15. The application areas ranked individually shall include:
1.) Educator/Counselor Statement.
2.) Applicant's Academic Scholarship section.
3.) Applicant's Community Service section.
4.) Applicant's Letters of Recommendation.
5.) Applicant's Essay.
After the committee members have independently ranked and calculated the average of each application, discussions will follow. The selection would be made by a quorum of the selection committee present and voting. The committee will also designate a 2nd and 3rd choice in the event the 1st choice is unable to accept or is otherwise disqualified.
Scholarship Application
Requirements
1. A legal child or grandchild of a KACTFO member
2. A graduating high school senior. or current college student.
3. Must be planning to attend a college/university, community college or two-year technical college in the fall.
4. One scholarship in the amount of $1,000.00, $500.00 per semester if a 2.0 cumulative GPA is maintained.
5. The scholarship is not renewable but can be applied for each year.