Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. To be
eligible for an M.J. Foster Promise Award, a student must:
1. be 21 years of age as of the date the
school bills LOSFA for your award;
2. have earned a high school diploma or
equivalent or co-enroll in a qualified program of study and in a program to
earn a high school credential that is recognized by the state of
Louisiana;
3. be a U.S.
Citizen;
4. be a Louisiana Resident
as defined in §2203;
5. have not
previously earned an undergraduate degree at the associate level or
above;
6. if served in the U.S.
Armed Forces and been separated from service, have received an honorable
discharge or a general discharge under honorable conditions;
7. meet the admission requirements of the
institution he plans to attend; and
8. enroll and remain enrolled in an eligible
program of study through the fourteenth class day at semester schools,
proprietary schools, and students enrolled in a program that is not provided on
a traditional semester/term basis, through the end of the last day to drop and
receive a full refund for the course of study in which enrolled.
9. agree to reside and work full time in
Louisiana for a minimum of one year after the completion of the last program of
study for which funding is received.
10.
a. for
the 2022-2023 academic year, the student must have completed a free application
for federal student aid in order to be determined eligible to receive an
award;
b. beginning in the
2023-2024 academic year, a student may receive one award payment prior to
filing the free application for federal student
aid.
B. In
addition to the above, the applicant must certify that:
1. he is not currently imprisoned;
and
2. he has not been convicted of
a violent crime as defined in
R.S.
14:2(B); and
3.
a. he
has a family income that does not exceed three hundred percent of the federal
poverty guidelines published by the United States Department of Health and
Human Services; or
b. certify that
he is currently unemployed or has been underemployed for a period of at least
six months prior to the date he would receive an
award.
C. All
applicants will be required to agree that the Board of Regents and the
Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance may verify the applicant's
criminal history, employment records, and income information. Submission of an
application for an award under this Chapter constitutes express permission for
the Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, the Louisiana State
Police, the Louisiana Department of Revenue, the Louisiana Department of
Children and Family Services, the Louisiana Department of Health and the
Louisiana Workforce Commission to release personally identifiable information
to LOSFA for the purposes of verification and program reporting. An
individual's personally identifiable information will be maintained in a secure
environment and will not be released except as necessary to administer this
program and for audit purposes.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
17:3047 et
seq.
