1. (1) The board shall make engineering and land surveying scholarships available to Kentucky residents through the Kentucky professional engineer and professional land surveyor incentive scholarship fund established in KRS 322.392 in accordance with KRS 322.390 to 322.395 and administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A.
2. (2) The board shall administer the Kentucky professional engineer and professional land surveyor incentive scholarship fund and may recover reasonable costs for administering the fund. The board shall receive and evaluate all applications for the scholarship made by bona fide Kentucky residents who desire to become professional engineers or professional land surveyors. The board shall evaluate each application to determine if the applicant complies with criteria for the scholarships as set forth in this section and in the administrative regulations of the board.
3. (3) From among the qualified applications, the board shall designate the persons to receive assistance and the amount of the scholarship award. The board's scholarship decisions shall be final. Disbursement of funds shall occur pursuant to a written contract between the board and the applicant.
4. (4) The board shall annually determine the amount and number of individual professional engineering and professional land surveying scholarship awards to be granted by using its best judgment and shall seek to maintain the scholarship funds for future use.

5. (5) Each recipient of a scholarship granted under KRS 322.390 to 322.395 shall agree in the written contract to:

   1. (a) Obtain a professional engineer or professional land surveyor license in Kentucky within six (6) years of graduation; and
   2. (b) Engage in the licensed practice of professional engineering or professional land surveying in Kentucky for at least one (1) year for each academic year the recipient received the scholarship funds.

Effective: July 15, 2026

History: Created 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2026.