La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § IV-2107

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

Section IV-2107 - Funding and Fees

A. Limitation of Terms Funded. Routine funding for all scholarship and grant programs is limited to the fall, winter and spring school terms.

B. Less than Full-Time Attendance. The board will authorize awards under the TOPS Opportunity, Performance, Honors and Teachers Awards for less than full-time enrollment provided that the student meets all other eligibility criteria and the requirements of §2103. C

C. Insufficient Funds Appropriated

1. All board administered state scholarship and grant program awards are contingent upon the annual appropriation of funds by the Louisiana Legislature.

2. In the event appropriated funds are insufficient to fully reimburse institutions for awards and stipends for all students determined eligible for the TOPS opportunity, performance, honors and TECH Awards for a given academic year, each students award, including stipends for TOPS Performance and Honors Awards, shall be reduced by an equal percentage on a pro rata basis.

3. A student whose award is reduced pursuant to this Section shall not be required to accept payment of his award or enroll or maintain continuous enrollment in an eligible college or university during the time period during which there is a funding shortfall. A student who exercises this option:

a. shall be eligible to receive his remaining TOPS Award upon enrollment in an eligible college or university, provided the student meets the continuation requirements for his award except as specifically set forth in this section; and

b. shall exhaust all award eligibility within five years of the reduction of his award, provided that if the student requests and is granted an exception to the requirement to enroll full time or to maintain continuous enrollment in school in accordance with §1901 of these rules, the time period within which the student must exhaust his award eligibility shall be extended by the number of semesters/terms for which he receives an exception.

4. The provisions of this Sections shall not apply to the stipend for books and other instructional materials provided to persons serving in the Louisiana National Guard as set forth in §701. E.4.a and b of these rules or to the TOPS Tech Early Start Program.

D. Stop Payment of Uncleared Checks. The board may stop payment on checks which are issued as scholarship or grant awards but not negotiated by September 1 following the close of the academic year for which they were issued.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § IV-2107

Promulgated by the Student Financial Assistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 22:338 (May 1996), amended LR 23:1648 (December 1997), repromulgated LR 24:649 (April 1998), amended LR 24:1919 (October 1998), LR 26:1998 (September 2000), repromulgated LR 27:1869 (November 2001), amended LR 28:449 (March 2002), LR 28:777 (April 2002), LR 28:2333 (November 2002), LR 31:40 (January 2005), LR 38:3162 (December 2012), Amended LR 421883 (11/1/2016), Amended by the Board of Regents, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 44568 (3/1/2018).

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