ITEM TITLE:
Report: Valdez Police Department Education Advancement Scholarship
SUBMITTED BY: Bart Hinkle, Chief of Police
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: $1,500
Unencumbered Balance: $19,425.08
Funding Source: 350-3500-55000
RECOMMENDATION:
Receive and File
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
In 2019 the Valdez Police Department established the Valdez Police Department Education Advancement Scholarship - an annual $1,500 scholarship award dedicated to housing or tuition costs for a college, university, or trade school. Applicants must be a graduating high school senior enrolled in Valdez City Schools, or a home school program in the city limits of Valdez, during the Valdez City Schools calendar year. Additionally, the applicant must be of good character - defined for this scholarship purpose as “personal conduct in keeping with the core values of the Valdez Police Department”: INTEGRITY, RESPECT, PROFESSIONALISM, and VALOR.
Dependents of current employees of the Valdez Police Department are not eligible to apply.
Applications may be found at Valdez High School through Counselor Shannon Major, at the Valdez Police Department, through School Resource Officer Aaron Baczuk, or on the City website: <https://www.valdezak.gov/281/Forms>.
Applications are due by April 1st.