Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 25, June 22, 2024
Section 121.124 - Participation agreement(a) Each participating institution shall execute through its authorized representative an Agreement with the Agency which shall contain the following: (1) Assurance that auditable records are maintained.(2) Assurance against discrimination of any Commonwealth resident applicant for admission because the applicant does not apply or qualify for assistance under the Pennsylvania Higher Education Grant Program or the POW/MIA's Education Program.(3) Assurance that institutional assistance grant moneys will only be used for, or in connection with, expenses incurred for educational costs other than expenses for sectarian and denominational instruction, the construction or maintenance of sectarian and denominational facilities, or for any other sectarian and denominational purpose or activity.(b) To be entitled to share in the distribution of the Institutional Assistance Grants Program funds of a particular fiscal year, an institution shall have submitted a properly signed participation agreement to the Agency by August 1 of that same fiscal year. The President and Chief Executive Officer may extend this deadline if an extension would not cause undue interference with the operation of the Institutional Assistance Grants Program, though an institution may not share in the Institutional Assistance Grants Program funds of a particular fiscal year if that institution has not submitted a properly signed participation agreement to the Agency by the time of the first disbursement of the Institutional Assistance Grants Program funds of that particular fiscal year.The provisions of this § 121.124 adopted December 27, 1974, effective 12/28/1974, 4 Pa.B. 2485; amended March 30, 1979, effective 3/31/1979, 9 Pa.B. 1128; amended July 12, 1996, effective 7/13/1996, 26 Pa.B. 3321.The provisions of this § 121.124 amended under section 4 of the act of August 7, 1963 (P. L. 549, No. 290) (24 P. S. § 5104); section 1 of the act of January 25, 1966 (P. L. 1546, No. 541) (24 P. S. § 5151); the act of July 18, 1974 (P. L. 483, No. 174) (24 P. S. §§ 5181-5189); the act of July 1, 1988 (P. L. 1259, No. 155) (24 P. S. §§ 5191-5197); and the act of June 26, 1992 (P. L. 322, No. 64) (24 P. S. §§ 5198.1-5198.7).