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This year Bandera Electric will again be sending four area students on an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. as part of the 2012 Government-in-Action Youth Tour program.  The trip will be from June 14-22, 2012.

Download 2012 Youth Tour Application

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 9

Bandera Electric sent its first Youth Tour participant in 1972; since then, from 1985 to the present, we have sent students every year.  Over the years, this trip has given 79 area students the chance of a lifetime, sending them on an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. through the Government-in-Action Youth Tour. Winners join other students from across Texas to visit the nation's capital.  As a cooperative, one of the principles that drives us is "Concern for Community" and Youth Tour is something we do for our community.

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For 2012, Bandera Electric Cooperative will again award ten area high school seniors and currently enrolled post-secondary education students with $1,000 scholarships. 

Nine traditional scholarships are for students interested and qualified to attend an accredited four-year university/college, junior college or TEA-approved trade school. One scholarship is for a student who is interested in and qualified to attend an approved lineman training program. 

For more information and an application for the traditional scholarship click here.

For more information and an application for the Lineman scholarship click here.

Winners will be chosen by a scholarship committee made up of members and will be announced at local graduation and award ceremonies.
   

History
The scholarship program was established in 1998 by Bandera Electric Cooperative to encourage and assist in the educational pursuits of its members and their immediate families.  Since then, we have awarded $140,000 in scholarships! 

Texas House Bill 3203, which was passed September 1997, permits not-for-profit electric cooperatives to retain unclaimed capital credit payments for scholarships.  The number of scholarships and the amount awarded can vary annually based on the unclaimed capital credit payments for that year.