South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 62 - STATE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Article VIII - HIGHER EDUCATION EXCELLENCE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
LIFE SCHOLARSHIP AND PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIP APPEALS REGULATIONS
Section 62-1005 - Identifying Eligibility for Scholarship Renewal
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024
A. LIFE Scholarship: Each institution is responsible for notifying students about financial aid awards through normal institutional notification procedures, such as personal financial award accounts within the institutional system available for all students to review; telephone notification; award letters; and student bills. Therefore, each student awarded the LIFE Scholarship must make herself/himself aware of the institutional notification process and her/his LIFE Scholarship eligibility. If a LIFE Scholarship recipient finds that she/he is ineligible and would like to file an appeal, appeal applications must be available in the institutional financial aid office and the Commission on Higher Education.
B. Palmetto Fellows Scholarship: Institutions must submit an electronic roster (either Excel or ASKII format) of all students who do not meet the continued eligibility requirements to the Commission on Higher Education. The roster shall include the name, social security number, and permanent home address for each student. The Commission must receive the roster no later than two weeks after the completion of summer school.
The Commission will notify each Palmetto Fellow in writing of the discontinuation of their Palmetto Fellows Scholarship. The Commission will provide information about the opportunity for appeal and also an appeals handbook. If a student wishes to submit an appeal regarding the discontinuation of the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship, then he or she must follow the approved appeals process.
C. SC HOPE Scholarship: Each institution is responsible for notifying students about financial aid awards through normal institutional notification procedures, such as personal financial award accounts within the institutional system available for all students to review; telephone notification; award letters; and student bills. Therefore, each student awarded the HOPE Scholarship must make herself/himself aware of the institutional notification process and her/his HOPE Scholarship eligibility. If a HOPE Scholarship recipient finds that she/he is ineligible and would like to file an appeal, appeal applications must be available in the institutional financial aid office and the Commission on Higher Education.
