TITLE 14

Education

University of Delaware

CHAPTER 55. Scholarships

Subchapter I. General

§ 5501. Scholarships.

(a) There is appropriated the sum of $100,000 annually to the Delaware College, University of Delaware for the purpose of establishing scholarships at Delaware College, University of Delaware.

(b) The minimum number of scholarships to be awarded in each and every year shall be 60.

(c) The committee to award such scholarships shall be 3 in number, and shall be composed of 1 member of the faculty at Delaware College, 1 member of the Athletic Council at Delaware College and 1 member of the Alumni Association of Delaware College. The said committee shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees of the University of Delaware for such term or terms as the said Board may deem advisable.

(d) The State Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay to the University of Delaware for Delaware College the sum of $100,000 in each and every year upon warrant or warrants signed by the chair and secretary of the committee.

42 Del. Laws, c. 19, §§  1-447 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5501;  50 Del. Laws, c. 435, §  153 Del. Laws, c. 281, §  156 Del. Laws, c. 342, §§  1-370 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1

§ 5502. Prospective teachers’ scholarships.

(a) The General Assembly shall at each biennial session appropriate $20,000, of which $10,000 shall be paid annually to the University for the purpose of establishing scholarships at the University, which shall be awarded to students who desire, upon completion of their studies, to enter the teaching profession and who agree in writing with the scholarships committee provided in subsection (c) of this section to make themselves available as teachers in the public schools of Delaware for a period of at least 1 year after graduation.

(b) The minimum number of such scholarships to be awarded in each year shall be 20.

(c) The committee to award such scholarships shall be 5 in number and shall be composed of 2 members to be selected from the faculty of the University (other than from the School of Education of the University), 1 member to be selected from the Alumni Association of the University and 2 members to be selected from the faculty of the School of Education of the University. The committee shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees of the University. Such appointment shall originally be as follows: Two members shall be appointed for the term of 1 year, 1 member for the term of 2 years, another for the term of 3 years and another for the term of 4 years. Thereafter, as the terms of office of members expire, by death, resignation, removal from the State or otherwise, appointments shall be made for terms of 4 years each.

48 Del. Laws, c. 188, §§  1-3;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5502; 

§ 5503. 4-H Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs.

The sum of $750 shall be appropriated annually to the School of Agriculture, University of Delaware, for the purpose of payment of scholarships to 4-H Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs and for maintenance of the Junior Short Course at the University.

37 Del. Laws, c. 210, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2790;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  5503;