Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. The
Early Start Program is administered by the Louisiana Office of Student
Financial Assistance (LOSFA) under the direction of the Louisiana Board of
Regents (the board).
B.
1. Description. The Early Start Program is
established to provide funding to eligible Louisiana postsecondary institutions
that enroll eligible 11th and 12th grade Louisiana public high school students
in college degree, developmental, or work skills courses.
2. History. The program was established by
the board as the Dual Enrollment Program to provide funding to public
postsecondary institutions that enroll eligible public high school students.
Beginning the 2008-2009 academic year (college), the board expanded the program
to include members of LAICU that enroll eligible public high school students.
Act 460 of the 2008 Regular Session of the Legislature provided for
participation in the program by students enrolled in nonpublic high schools and
home school programs.
3. Purpose.
The purpose of the Early Start Program is to provide an incentive for qualified
Louisiana high school students to prepare for a postsecondary education or
career.
C. Effective
Date. Early Start Program payments shall be made beginning with the 2007-2008
award year to postsecondary institutions for 11th and 12th grade students
meeting the eligibility criteria set forth in this Chapter.
D. Eligible Semesters/Terms. The Early Start
Program will pay for enrollment in each college course during each semester or
term of the academic year. Early Start Program will not pay for summer
semesters or sessions.
E. Award
Amount
1. The Early Start Program will pay
postsecondary institutions, except for campuses of the Louisiana Technical
College during the spring semester of 2011, $100 per college credit hour, not
to exceed $300 per course, for each course in which a student enrolled in a
Louisiana public high school is eligible to enroll.
2. For the spring semester of 2011, the Early
Start Program will pay $50 per credit hour, not to exceed $150 per course, for
students enrolled at campuses of the Louisiana Technical College.
3. The award amount shall not be paid on
behalf of students enrolled in nonpublic high schools or in home school;
however, beginning with the 2008-2009 academic year (college), the program
allows participating eligible Louisiana postsecondary institutions to enroll
eligible eleventh and twelfth grade Louisiana nonpublic high school and home
school students at the same rate as the award amount that funding is provided
for public high school students at these institutions.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:3021-3031 and
R.S.
17:3129.7.
