A designated scholar shall be awarded a scholarship in the amount of $5,000 per academic year. No more than four awards shall be made for undergraduate study, except that a qualified student enrolled full time in a course of instruction leading to institutional certification in a hard-to-fill teaching discipline, for which graduate study is required, may be awarded a scholarship for the duration of the course of instruction.

(Authorized by K.S.A. 1991 Supp. 74-32,106; implementing K.S.A. 1991 Supp. 74-32,102, 74-32,103; effective March 8, 1993.)