Ariz. Admin. Code § 7-3-301

Current through Register Vol. 31, No. 2, January 10, 2025

Section R7-3-301 - Federal LEAP Requirements

The federal government requires that a state LEAP Program must:

1. Be administered by a single state agency in accordance with the Federal-State Agreement under Section 1203 of the Higher Education Act, as amended. The Governor of Arizona has designated as the responsible single state agency the Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education, which hereafter shall be referred to as the Commission;

2. Award grants only to students who meet the eligibility and financial need requirements as outlined in R7-3-304(A) and (B);

3. Provide grants which do not exceed $5,000 per program year for a full-time student enrolled in an eligible program at a participating postsecondary institution;

4. Use as state matching funds an amount which is over and above the amount the state expended for grants in the initial program year of FY 1974;

5. Provide for such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of the accounting for federal funds paid to the state;

6. Provide for making such reports, in such form and containing such information, as may be reasonably necessary to enable the U.S. Secretary of Education to perform program analysis;

7. Provide for the payment of the state matching fund share of grants awarded from direct state appropriated funds;

8. Provide that no payment may be made to a student under this program unless the student meets the requirements specified in R7-3-304;

9. Obey all other United States laws and regulations applying to the Federal-State Student Grant Program;

10. Provide that all institutions of higher education in Arizona which meet the eligibility requirements of R7-3-302 shall be eligible to participate in the program;

11. Provide that state expenditures shall not be less than:

a. The average annual aggregate expenditures for the preceding three years; or

b. The average annual expenditure per full-time equivalent student for those years.

12. Provides assurances that all LEAP grants will be awarded without regard to sex, race, debilitating condition, creed, or economic background.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R7-3-301

Adopted effective September 19, 1996, under an exemption from the Administrative Procedure Act pursuant to A.R.S. § 15-1852(C) (Supp. 96-3). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 5 A.A.R. 2046, effective June 1, 1999 (Supp. 99-2).