Applications must be submitted online to Butler Rural Electric Cooperative by Friday, February 13 at 4:30 p.m. The scholarship deadline will not be extended for any reason, including school closings and delays due to weather.
Read the 2026 Touchstone Energy Achievement Scholarship rules before completing this application. To qualify, you must:
- Be the child or legal ward of a Butler Rural Electric Cooperative residential member living in a residence receiving electricity from Butler Rural Electric Cooperative. Grandchildren and other relatives of cooperative members are not eligible unless the applicant is the legal ward of the member.
- Be a graduating high school senior. College students and students who are beginning their college career but are not high school seniors are not eligible.
- Have a weighted grade point average of 2.5 or above on a 4.0 scale, or equivalent standing on a nontraditional scale.
- Be attending an accredited technical college or trade school after high school. A proper vocational or technical school is a post-secondary institution where credits can be transferred to a state-accredited four-year college. Past recipients of this scholarship have majored in diesel mechanics, for example.
