La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § IV-1405

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

Section IV-1405 - Establishing Eligibility

A. To establish eligibility for the Early Start Program, all student applicants must meet the following criteria:

1. be in the 11th or 12th grade in a Louisiana public high school and beginning with the 2008-2009 academic year (college) in a nonpublic high school or in home school;

2. be at least 15 years of age;

3. have taken either the PLAN or ACT assessment (or SAT) and those scores are on file at the high school or in the students home school records;

4. have completed and submitted an Early Start Program application to the high school in which the student is enrolled or to the parent of the student in home school;

5. be approved by the high school in which the student is enrolled, or the parent of the student in home school, to participate in the program and to enroll in the course or courses; and

a. be enrolled in a course for which both public high school and college credit is attempted and for which an Early Start Program payment is made: or

b. be enrolled in a course for which both nonpublic high school or home school and college credit is attempted and for which an amount equal to the award amount of an Early Start Program payment is made.

B. Enrollment in a College Degree Course. In addition to the eligibility criteria in Paragraphs A.1-6:

a. for students graduating from high school or completing the 12th grade level of home school in academic years (high school) 2008-2009 through 2010-2011, the student must be working towards completing the Louisiana Board of Regents/TOPS core curriculum by high school graduation; or

b. for students graduating from high school or completing the 12th grade level of home school in academic years (high school) 2011-2012 and thereafter, the student must be working towards completing the Louisiana Core 4 curriculum as approved by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education;

a. through the fall semester or fall and winter term of the 2008-2009 academic year (college) have a PLAN or ACT (or an equivalent SAT) composite score of at least 17 to enroll in a college degree course unless the postsecondary institution requires the student to meet the criteria in §1405. B.2.b below;

b. for the spring semester or term of the 2008-2009 academic year (college) and thereafter, have a PLAN composite score of at least 17 or ACT (or an equivalent SAT) composite score of at least 18 to enroll in a college degree course;

3. have a PLAN^® or ACT (or an equivalent SAT) English sub-score of at least 18 or meet the postsecondary institution's prerequisite requirement to enroll in an entry-level English college degree course;

4. have a PLAN^® or ACT (or an equivalent SAT) mathematics sub-score of at least 18 or meet the postsecondary institution's pre-requisite requirement to enroll in an entry level mathematics college degree course.

C. Enrollment in an Enrichment/Developmental Course. In addition to the eligibility criteria in Paragraphs A.1-6:

a. through the fall semester or fall and winter term of the 2008-2009 academic year (college), have a PLAN or ACT (or an equivalent SAT) composite score of at least 12 to enroll in an enrichment/developmental course unless the postsecondary institution requires the student to meet the criteria in §1405. C.2.b below;

b. for the spring semester or term of the 2008-2009 academic year (college) and thereafter, have a PLAN composite score of at least 14 or ACT (or an equivalent SAT) composite score of at least 15 to enroll in an enrichment/developmental course or meet the postsecondary institution's pre-requisite requirement to enroll in the course.

D. Enrollment in a Work Skills Course. In addition to the eligibility criteria in Paragraphs A.1-6, a student must have:

a. through the fall semester or fall and winter term of the 2008-2009 academic year (college), a PLAN or ACT composite score (or an equivalent SAT score) of at least 12 unless the postsecondary institution requires the student to meet the criteria in §1405. D.1.b below or a WorkKeys bronze certificate;

b. for the spring semester or term of the 2008-2009 academic year (college) and thereafter, PLAN composite score of 14 or ACT composite score (or an equivalent SAT score) of at least 15 or a WorkKeys bronze certificate;

a. for students graduating from high school or completing the 12th grade level of home school in academic years (high school) 2008-2009 through 2010-2011 and thereafter:

i. be working towards completing the Louisiana Board of Regents/TOPS core curriculum by high school graduation; or

ii. be working towards and on track to graduate from high school and have a declared career area of concentration;

b. for students graduating from high school or completing the 12th grade level of home school in academic year (high school) 2011-2012 and thereafter:

i. be working towards completing the Louisiana Core 4 curriculum as approved by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; or

ii. be working towards and on track to graduate from high school and have declared a Career Area of Concentration.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § IV-1405

Promulgated by the Student Financial Assistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 33:2610 (December 2007), amended LR 34:240 (February 2008), LR 35:232 (February 2009), Amended by the Board of Regents, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 44542 (3/1/2018).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:3021-3031, R.S. 17:3129.7 and R.S. 17:5001 et seq.