La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § IV-103

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section IV-103 - Purpose

A. LAC 28:IV provides the rules and regulations governing participation in the scholarship and grant programs administered by the board including, but not limited to:

1. applicants and recipients;

2. high school counselors;

3. principals and headmasters;

4. superintendents;

5. college and university financial aid directors and staff; and

6. federal and state authorities.

B. LAC 28:IV was developed to meet the following objectives:

1. establish scholarship and grant policies and procedures that implement and explain or interpret statutes;

2. define the program responsibilities of participants (applicants, recipients, and high school, school board and post-secondary institution officials);

3. ensure that scholarships and grants are awarded in accordance with statute and legislative intent;

4. establish procedures to monitor the performance of scholarship and grant recipients;

5. ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory provisions governing the administered programs.

C. Since these rules and regulations can neither anticipate nor address every situation that might be encountered in the administration of the scholarship and grant programs included herein, participants in doubt about the applicability or interpretation of a rule or regulation in LAC 28:IV are advised to contact LOSFA for guidance.

D. LAC 28:IV shall be amended and updated as necessary. Such updates will be forwarded to institutions in the form of scholarship and grant program memoranda (SGPM), or Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) bulletins. These memoranda and bulletins will cover additions, deletions, revisions and clarifications to the rules and regulations. In compliance with R.S. 17:5063, information shall be mailed to the president and superintendent of each city and parish school board in the state, the principal and counselors of each high school in the state, the chancellor, director of financial aid, business office, auditor and registrar of each public post-secondary school in the state and each institutionally accredited independent college or university which is a member of the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § IV-103

Promulgated by the Student Financial Assistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 22:338 (May 1996), repromulgated LR 24:632 (April 1998), amended LR 24:1897 (October 1998), LR 26:65 (January 2000), repromulgated LR 27:1841 (November 2001), amended LR 35:227 (February 2009), Amended by the Board of Regents, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 44484 (3/1/2018), Amended LR 48479 (3/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:3021-3031.