(a) Each of the following is required to maintain scholarship eligibility and remedial courses shall not be counted in making any of the following determinations: - (i) Continuous enrollment: If a student fails to remain continuously enrolled, the student shall be ineligible to receive the Hathaway Scholarship for future semesters unless the scholarship is reinstated under the provisions contained in section 17 of these rules or an exception is granted by the Department or its designee for active military service, religious service, or other good cause as shown under section 18 of these rules. Students whose scholarships are extended pursuant to W.S. 21-16-1305(a)(iii) shall also meet the requirements of this section.
- (ii) Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP): A student's hours for purposes of SAP shall be the hours enrolled at the census date used to determine the State's obligation to reimburse the eligible institution for the student's scholarship under these rules and regulations. These hours are also used to establish the earned-hours requirement of SAP in order to maintain scholarship eligibility.
- (A) SAP shall be monitored at the end of each spring semester/term.
- (B) If a student fails to make SAP, the student shall be ineligible to receive the Hathaway Scholarship for future semesters unless the scholarship is reinstated under the provisions contained in section 17 of these rules or the Department grants an exception for good cause under section 18 of these rules.
- (iii) The eligible institution shall calculate the post-secondary Hathaway GPA at the end of each spring term using the grades for all eligible institutions the student has attended since accepting and using the Hathaway Scholarship.
- (A) If a student fails to maintain the minimum post-secondary Hathaway GPA for that student's award category, the student shall be ineligible to receive the Hathaway Scholarship for future semesters unless the scholarship is reinstated.
- (B) College courses taken before the student initiated the Hathaway Scholarship are excluded from the post-secondary Hathaway GPA calculation.
- (iv) The six-year eligibility period is not extended by periods of non-eligibility.
206-38 Wyo. Code R. § 38-16