New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID
Part 20 - LEGISLATIVE LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Section 5.7.20.9 - CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY

Universal Citation: 5 NM Admin Code 5.7.20.9

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

Upon satisfaction of the qualifying semester eligibility requirements, the scholarship will be awarded to the student beginning with their second semester of enrollment. A student's continuing eligibility shall be determined on a semester basis. A legislative lottery scholarship award may be re-awarded to a student who:

A. maintains a minimum of a 2.5 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale; provided that a student may request use of the student's cumulative GPA earned at all New Mexico public post-secondary educational institutions and tribal colleges;

B. successfully completes thirty credit hours within the academic year if attending a four-year public post-secondary educational institution or a tribal college. The credit hours may be apportioned among fall, spring and summer semesters, with no fewer than twelve credit hours in the fall and spring semesters and between three and nine credit hours for summer semesters; provided that a student is not required to attend summer semesters to maintain eligibility unless required as part of an accelerated program; and further provided that the student satisfies the credit hour requirement for the academic year; and further provided that credit-hour limits do not apply to the last semester before graduation; or

C. successfully completes twenty-four credit hours within the academic year if attending a two-year public post-secondary educational institution. The credit hours may be apportioned among fall, spring and summer semesters, with no fewer than nine credit hours in the fall and spring semesters and between three and nine credit hours for summer semesters; provided that:

(1) a student is not required to attend summer semesters to maintain eligibility unless required as part of an accelerated program; provided that the student satisfies the credit hour requirement for the academic year; and further provided that credit-hour limits do not apply to the last semester before graduation; and

(2) upon transferring from a two-year public post-secondary educational institution to a four-year public post-secondary educational institution or a tribal college at the start of a fall of spring semester the student has started a new academic year. The following conditions apply for students transferring the scholarship:
(a) a transfer transcript is required for continuation.

(b) student transfers shall defer to the receiving institution to determine continued eligibility; and

(c) an eligible student that transfers shall continue to be eligible at the receiving institution after receipt of the student's transfer transcript containing eligibility confirmation; and

D. continues to meet the requirements for students with disabilities if requesting a reduction in the credit hours to be considered full-time by obtaining a referral from the student services division of the student's post-secondary educational institution where the student is enrolled; provided that referrals and sufficient documentation shall be received no later than 30 days after the student's enrollment start date for the semester.

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