La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § IV-1501

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 12, December 20, 2024

Section IV-1501 - General Provisions

A. Legislative Authority. The Louisiana Grant Opportunity for Youth ChalleNGe Skills Training Program (the GO-Youth ChalleNGe Program) was created by Act 826 of the 2003 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.

B. Purpose. It is the purpose of the program to encourage and assist those students who graduate from the Louisiana National Guard's Youth ChalleNGe Program to continue their education and enhance their employment opportunities by providing tuition at an eligible Louisiana postsecondary institution.

C. Effective Dates. The program shall be available to any student who completes the Louisiana National Guard's Youth ChalleNGe Program after June 30, 2003.

D. Eligible Courses of Study. The program grant may be used to pursue any postsecondary certificate, diploma, associate, or baccalaureate undergraduate degree required to obtain employment in a high demand, high skill, high wage career.

E. Eligible Institutions. Eligible students may use the program grant at the following institutions:

1. any Louisiana public postsecondary institution; and

2. an institutionally accredited independent college or university in the state that is a member of the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.

F. Grant Amounts. The program grant shall be paid for a period not to exceed the equivalent of two academic years in an amount:

1. equal to the actual cost of tuition for a student enrolled in a Louisiana public postsecondary institution;

2. equal to the average tuition amount paid for students attending public postsecondary institutions for a student enrolled at an institutionally accredited independent college or university in the state that is a member of the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. See §1903.B.8 for method of computation.

G. Definitions. For the purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions are applicable.

Certification-the time at which LOSFA has received both the certification from the State Military Department and the results of the FAFSA data from the federal processor.

FAFSA-the free application for federal student aid used to apply for federal grant aid and eligibility for other federal assistance.

Graduate-a student who has completed the Louisiana GO-Youth ChalleNGe Program and, no later than 18 months after entry into the program, received a Louisiana high school equivalency diploma or, beginning in the 2019-2020 academic year, a student who has completed the Louisiana Youth ChalleNGe Program and, no later than 24 months after entry into the program, received a high school diploma.

Program-the GO-Youth ChalleNGe Program.

Resident of Louisiana-a student who actually resides in Louisiana during the 24 months prior to the month the student enrolls for the first time as a full-time student in an eligible institution as a recipient of a grant under the program.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § IV-1501

Promulgated by the Student Financial Assistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 30:782 (April 2004), Repromulgated by the Board of Regents, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 44545 (3/1/2018), Amended LR 45, Amended LR 451172 (9/1/2019), Amended LR 4619 (1/1/2020), Amended LR 48486 (3/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:3021-3025, and R.S. 17:3050.1-3050.4.