Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part IV - Student Financial Assistance-Higher Education Scholarship and Grant Programs
Chapter 11 - Rockefeller State Wildlife Scholarship
Section IV-1101 - General Provisions
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code IV-1101
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Legislative Authority. The Louisiana State Wildlife Scholarship Program was created and amended by the following Acts of the Louisiana Legislature:
1. Act 807 of the 1980 Regular Legislative
Session;
2. Act 849 of the 1987
Regular Legislative Session;
3. Act
707 of the 1989 Regular Legislative Session.
B. Description, History and Purpose
1. The Rockefeller State Wildlife Scholarship
Program was established in 1980 and is funded with dedicated monies. Through
the 2009-2010 academic year, the program provided competitively awarded funds
of $1,000 per academic year to both undergraduate and graduate students
majoring in forestry, wildlife, or marine science as it pertains to wildlife,
with a requirement that the awardee repay the funds if the student did not earn
a degree in one of these fields. Beginning with the 2010-2011 academic year,
the program offers competitively awarded scholarships of $2,000 per academic
year for undergraduate students and $3,000 per academic year for graduate
students.
2.
a. Through the 2009-2010 academic year,
students accepting the Rockefeller State Wildlife Scholarship agreed:
i. to attain a degree in one of the required
fields at a Louisiana public college or university offering such degrees;
and
ii. if the student failed or
fails to successfully complete an eligible course of study, to repay the funds
with interest as per the agreement made between the Louisiana Board of Regents
(the board) and the student.
b. Beginning with the 2010-2011 academic
year, the Rockefeller State Wildlife Scholarship Program is a pure scholarship
for undergraduate students who have earned at least 60 credit hours and
graduate students.
c. Students who
received the award during the 2009-2010 academic year who have not yet earned
60 hours of academic credit may receive the award as a scholarship beginning
with the 2010-2011 academic year if the requirements to maintain eligibility
have been met.
C. Award Amounts
1. Through the 2009-2010 academic year:
a. the annual award is $1,000;
b. the cumulative maximum award is $7,000 for
up to five years of undergraduate and two years of graduate study.
2. Beginning with the 2010-2011
academic year and thereafter:
a. the annual
award is $2,000 for undergraduate students;
b. the annual award is $3,000 for graduate
students;
c. the cumulative maximum
award is $12,000 for up to three years of undergraduate and two years of
graduate study.
D. Award Disbursements
1. Through the 2009-2010 academic year, the
award is disbursed:
a. at postsecondary
institutions using semesters at the rate of $500 each fall and spring semester;
or
b. at postsecondary institutions
using terms at the rate of $333 for the fall and winter term and of $334 for
the spring term.
2.
Beginning with the 2010-2011 academic year and thereafter, the award is
disbursed:
a. at postsecondary institutions
using semesters at the rate of:
i. $1,000
each fall and spring semester for undergraduate students; and
ii. $1,500 each fall and spring semester for
graduate students; or
b.
at postsecondary institutions using terms at the rate of:
i. $667 for each fall and winter and of $666
for the spring term for undergraduates; and
ii. $1,000 for each fall, winter term and
spring term for graduates.
3. In the event there are unawarded
appropriated funds at the end of the spring semester or term, such funds may be
disbursed pro-rata to students who received an award during the preceding
academic year and are enrolled full-time during the summer.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:3021-3031 and R.S. 56:797(D)(2).
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