Standing Rules |

A.

Scholarship Committee. The Scholarship Committee shall be responsible for determining the annual recipients of the Jim Wicker Scholarships. The scholarships are maintained and funded by the Association.

1.

The Committee shall establish guidelines which will guarantee equal consideration for all applicants which include:

a.

Each year, the Association shall offer three (3) $2000 scholarships unless the Representative Council determines otherwise in the annual budget adoption. One of the scholarships shall be designated as available only to the children of Association members;

b.

GGUSD graduates and children of current Association members, retired, disabled, or deceased members shall qualify for application. Notification of scholarships shall be sent to each high school and shall be published in official publications of the Association;

c.

Students who apply may consider any field of study;

d.

Students who apply must be entering a Community college, a four-year college, or a university in the fall of the year following their high school graduation;

e.

The criteria for selection of winners will be:

1)

financial need;

2)

academic achievement;

3)

volunteer work and service to the community;

4)

school activities; and

5)

other information as requested by the committee.

2.

Finalists shall be interviewed by the Scholarship Committee who will then make a final determination of the annual winners.

3.

The Committee shall verify each recipient’s proof of enrollment in college prior to paying the $2000 scholarship money. The money shall be paid to the recipient in one (1) lump sum. Any scholarship recipient who does not provide proof of enrollment in a college to the committee within one (1) calendar year of notification being sent automatically forfeits the scholarship.

4.

All previous scholarship recipients shall have the remaining balance of their scholarships paid in full upon receipt of proof of current college enrollment.

B.

Additional Service Committees  may be established annually by the Board of Directors.