Pennsylvania Code
Title 22 - EDUCATION
Part VIII - Higher Education Assistance Agency
Chapter 121 - STUDENT FINANCIAL AID
Subchapter B - HIGHER EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM
Section 121.50 - Disbursement of State higher education grants
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Payments on behalf of students of their State higher education grants to institutions on a semester or trimester calendar shall be made twice during the academic year in an amount equal to 1/2 of the annual grant. Similar payments to institutions on a quarter calendar shall be made three times during the academic year in an amount equal to 1/3 of the annual grant. Grants shall be sent to the appropriate institution to the credit of the account of the recipient for payment of tuition, room, board, books or institutional fees. Payments may be made to the recipients when the Agency deems the action necessary to protect the interests of the students, the Commonwealth or the Agency.
(b) Students who accelerate their academic progress by reason of attendance in a year-round program of study shall be eligible to receive additional payments of their State higher education grant but in no event may the payments result in violation of § 121.49 (relating to duration of State higher education grants).
The provisions of this §121.50 amended under section 4 of the act of August 7, 1963 (P. L. 549, No. 290) (24 P. S. § 5104); section 1 of the act of January 25, 1966 (P. L. 1546, No. 541) (24 P. S. § 5151); the act of July 18, 1974 (P. L. 483, No. 174) (24 P. S. §§ 5181-5189); the act of July 1, 1988 (P. L. 1259, No. 155) (24 P. S. §§ 5191-5197); and the act of June 26, 1992 (P. L. 322, No. 64) (24 P. S. §§ 5198.1-5198.7).
This section cited in 22 Pa. Code § 121.151 (relating to application of existing Agency regulations).
