BEA-Karen Cox Scholarship Fund

Billings Education Association

Karen Cox Scholarship Fund

Now available! Download the
2008 BEA Karen Cox Scholarship Application
Application deadline is March 4, 2008

At its May 18, 2004 meeting, BEA Representative Council voted to rename the BEA Scholarship Fund, the BEA Karen Cox Scholarship Fund, in order to honor this dedicated member and Billings School District 2 teacher. Karen Cox was one of Montana's great educators and lost her life doing what she loved, working to improve public education.

Each year the BEA awards scholarships to high school seniors.

The Scholarship Committee makes the selection of at least three scholarship recipients. The recipients will be notified by May and receive their monetary award in January of the following year. The amount of the monetary award varies each year according to current interest rates.

Eligibility for the scholarship is limited to:

Students whose parents has been BEA members for five continuous years or,
Students whose parents have retired from the Billings Public Schools and were BEA members for five years prior to retirement or,
Seniors who have attended a Billings Public High School for at least two years and whose parents are not eligible for BEA membership.
Students with a 3.0 grade point average and plans to pursue training at a post-secondary training institution.

Scholarship applications will available in January at the counselors' offices at Senior High, West High, Skyview High and the Career Center. A downloadable version will be post on this web page in January. The deadline for completed applications accompanied by all required documentation is the first Tuesday in March.

For more information about the BEA Karen Cox Scholarship Fund email shauna@beabillings.org or call 248-9812.

Contributions to the BEA Karen Cox Scholarship Fund may be mailed to:

BEA Karen Cox Scholarship Fund
510 North 29th Street
Billings, MT 59101