Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Limitation of
Terms Funded. Routine funding for all scholarship and grant programs is limited
to the fall, winter and spring school terms.
B. Less than Full-Time Attendance. The board
will authorize awards under the TOPS Opportunity, Performance, Honors and
Teachers Awards for less than full-time enrollment provided that the student
meets all other eligibility criteria and the requirements of
§2103. C
C. Insufficient Funds Appropriated
1. All board administered state scholarship
and grant program awards are contingent upon the annual appropriation of funds
by the Louisiana Legislature.
2. In
the event appropriated funds are insufficient to fully reimburse institutions
for awards and stipends for all students determined eligible for the TOPS
opportunity, performance, honors and TECH Awards for a given academic year,
each students award, including stipends for TOPS Performance and Honors Awards,
shall be reduced by an equal percentage on a pro rata basis.
3. A student whose award is reduced pursuant
to this Section shall not be required to accept payment of his award or enroll
or maintain continuous enrollment in an eligible college or university during
the time period during which there is a funding shortfall. A student who
exercises this option:
a. shall be eligible
to receive his remaining TOPS Award upon enrollment in an eligible college or
university, provided the student meets the continuation requirements for his
award except as specifically set forth in this section; and
b. shall exhaust all award eligibility within
five years of the reduction of his award, provided that if the student requests
and is granted an exception to the requirement to enroll full time or to
maintain continuous enrollment in school in accordance with
§1901 of these rules, the time period
within which the student must exhaust his award eligibility shall be extended
by the number of semesters/terms for which he receives an exception.
4. The provisions of this Sections
shall not apply to the stipend for books and other instructional materials
provided to persons serving in the Louisiana National Guard as set forth in
§701. E.4.a and b of
these rules or to the TOPS Tech Early Start Program.
D. Stop Payment of Uncleared Checks. The
board may stop payment on checks which are issued as scholarship or grant
awards but not negotiated by September 1 following the close of the academic
year for which they were issued.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
17:3021-3031 and
R.S.
17:5001 et
seq.
