Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part IV - Student Financial Assistance-Higher Education Scholarship and Grant Programs
Chapter 10 - TOPS-Tech Early Start Award
Section IV-1005 - Establishing Eligibility

1. be in the 11th or 12th grade in a Louisiana public high school;

2. have prepared a five-year education and career plan, including a sequence of related courses with a career focus as provided by the high school career option subchapter in R.S. 17:183.2 et seq.;

3. have a cumulative high school grade point average on all courses attempted of not less than 2.0 when calculated on a 4.0 scale;

4. score at least 15 on the English subsection and 15 on the mathematics subsection of the ACT PLAN assessment or a successor assessment administered as part of Louisiana's educational planning and assessment system or the ACT or an equivalent concordant value of the SAT or have attained a silver level score on the assessments of the ACT WorkKeys system;

5. enroll in a course in an industry-based occupational or vocational education credential program in a top demand occupation.