Title 28 EDUCATION - Louisiana Office Of Student Financial Assistance
Table of ContentsTitle 28EDUCATIONPart IV. Student Financial Assistance HigherEducation Scholarship and Grant ProgramsChapter 1.Scope . 1§101. Introduction . 1§103. Purpose . 1§105. Effective Date . 1§107. Authority to Audit . 2§109. Discrimination Prohibition. 2§111. Criminal Penalties . 2§113. Personally Identifiable Information (PII) . 2Chapter 3.Definitions . 3§301. Definitions. 3Chapter 5.Applications, Federal Grant Aid and ACT Test . 11§501. Initial Application . 11§502. Consent Required to Process Applications and Deadlines . 13§503. Application Deadlines for High School Graduates of 2003 and Earlier . 14§504. Out-of-State and Out-of-Country High School Graduates and Eligible Non-Graduates. 15§505. Application Deadlines for High School Graduates and Home Study Completers of 2004and Later and Eligible Non-Graduates . 15§506. Proof of Compliance . 19§507. Final Deadline for Submitting Documentation of Eligibility . 19§509. ACT Testing Deadline . 21Chapter 7.Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) Opportunity, Performance, and HonorsAwards . 23§701. General Provisions . 23§703. Establishing Eligibility. 25§705. Maintaining Eligibility . 40Chapter 8.TOPS-Tech Award . 43§801. General Provisions . 43§803. Establishing Eligibility. 44§805. Maintaining Eligibility . 49Chapter 9.TOPS Teacher Award. 50§901. General Provisions . 50§903. Establishing Eligibility. 51§905. Selection Criteria . 52§907. Maintaining Eligibility . 52§909. Completion of Promissory Note and Acceptance of Award . 52§911. Discharge of Obligation . 52Chapter 10. TOPS-Tech Early Start Award . 53§1001. General Provisions . 53§1003. Definitions. 54§1005. Establishing Eligibility. 54§1007. Maintaining Eligibility . 54§1009. Responsibilities of LOSFA . 54§1011. Responsibilities of High Schools . 55i
Table of Contents§1013. Responsibilities of Louisiana Public and Nonpublic Postsecondary Institutions and ApprovedTraining Providers . 55§1015. Responsibilities of the Workforce Investment Council . 55§1017. Responsibilities of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) . 55Chapter 11. Rockefeller State Wildlife Scholarship . 55§1101. General Provisions . 55§1103. Establishing Eligibility. 56§1105. Selection Criteria . 57§1107. Maintaining Eligibility . 57§1109. Acceptance of Award . 58§1111. Discharge of Obligation for Recipients First Accepting an Award through the 2009-2010Academic Year. 58Chapter 12. Louisiana GO Grant . 59§1201. General Provisions . 59§1203. Definitions. 59§1205. Initial Eligibility . 61§1207. Continuing Eligibility . 61§1209. Responsibilities of Eligible Louisiana Institutions [Formerly §1211] . 61§1213. Responsibilities of LOSFA . 62§1215. Responsibilities of the Louisiana Board of Regents . 63Chapter 13. Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) . 63§1301. General Provisions . 63§1303. Establishing Eligibility. 64§1305. Maintaining Eligibility . 64§1307. Annual Application for Participation in, and Certification of Recipients of the LEAP Program . 65Chapter 14. Early Start Program . 65§1401. General Provisions . 65§1403. Definitions. 66§1405. Establishing Eligibility. 66§1407. Continuing Enrollment. 67§1409. Responsibilities of High Schools and School Boards and Parents of Home School Students . 68§1413. Responsibilities of Eligible Louisiana Postsecondary Institutions . 68§1415. Responsibilities of the Louisiana Board of Regents . 69§1417. Responsibilities of LOSFA . 69Chapter 15. Grant Opportunity for Youth ChalleNGe Skills Training Program . 69§1501. General Provisions . 69§1503. Establishing Initial Eligibility . 70§1505. Deadline to Enroll as a Full-Time Student . 70§1507. Maintaining Eligibility . 70§1509. Responsibilities of the State Military Department (SMD). 71§1511. Responsibilities of LOSFA . 71§1513. Funding Shortfall . 71Chapter 16. Health Care Educator Loan Forgiveness Program . 72§1601. General Provisions . 72§1603. Definitions. 72§1605. Participation in the Program . 72§1607. Exceptions to Program Requirements . 73§1609. Discharge of Obligation . 73§1611. Responsibilities of Program Fund Recipients . 74§1613. Responsibilities of Participating Institutions . 74ii
Table of Contents§1615. Responsibilities of the Louisiana Board of Regents . 75§1617. Responsibilities of LOSFA . 75Chapter 17. Responsibilities of High Schools, School Boards, Special School Governing Boards, theLouisiana High Schools . 76§1701. Eligibility of Graduates Based upon the High School Attended . 76§1703. High School's Certification of Student Achievement . 77§1705. Notification of Certified Students . 80Chapter 18. Chafee Educational and Training Voucher Program . 80§1801. General Provisions . 80§1803. Definitions. 80§1805. Eligibility . 81§1807. Eligibility of Institutions of Higher Education . 81§1809. Responsibilities of Participating Institutions of Higher Education . 82§1813. Responsibilities of the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) . 82§1817. Responsibilities of LOSFA . 83§1819. Responsibilities of the Louisiana Board of Regents . 83Chapter 19. Eligibility and Responsibilities of Post-Secondary Institutions . 83§1901. Eligibility of Post-Secondary Institutions to Participate . 83§1903. Responsibilities of Post-Secondary Institutions. 84Chapter 20. John R. Justice Student Grant Program . 87§2001. General Provisions . 87§2003. Definitions. 87§2005. Eligibility . 88§2007. Applicable Deadlines . 88§2011. Responsibilities of LOSFA . 89§2013. Responsibilities of the Louisiana Board of Regents . 89Chapter 21. Miscellaneous Provisions and Exceptions. 89§2101. Academic Suspension of Awards and Reinstatement . 89§2103. Circumstances Warranting Exception to the Initial and Continuous Enrollment Requirements . 89§2105. Repayment Obligation, Deferment, Cancellation and Reduced Payments . 94§2107. Funding and Fees . 97§2109. Agency Decisions Subject to Appeal . 97§2113. Revision of the Core Curricula . 99§2115. Procedures for Disabled Students and Exceptional Children . 99Chapter 23. Tuition Payment Program for Medical School Students . 99§2301. General Provisions . 99§2303. Establishing Eligibility. 100§2305. Application Process and Selection Criteria . 100§2307. Award Amount . 101§2309. Maintaining Eligibility . 101§2311. Completion of Promissory Note and Acceptance of Award . 102§2313. Discharge of Obligation . 102iii
Title 28EDUCATIONPart IV. Student Financial Assistance Higher EducationScholarship and Grant Programs3. ensure that scholarships and grants are awarded inaccordance with statute and legislative intent;Chapter 1. Scope§101.Introduction4. establish procedures to monitor the performance ofscholarship and grant recipients;A. Statutory Authority. The Louisiana Board of Regents(board), formerly the Louisiana Student Financial AssistanceCommission, was created by chapter 20, Higher EducationAssistance, Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S.17:3021-3036, for the purpose of supervising, controlling,directing and administering state and federal programs toprovide loans to assist persons in meeting the expenses ofhigher education, and state and federal scholarship and grantprograms for higher education. The Louisiana Office ofStudent Financial Assistance (LOSFA), under authority of theboard, administers state and federal post-secondary studentscholarship, grant and loan programs.5. ensure compliance with statutory and regulatoryprovisions governing the administered programs.C. Since these rules and regulations can neither anticipatenor address every situation that might be encountered in theadministration of the scholarship and grant programs includedherein, participants in doubt about the applicability orinterpretation of a rule or regulation in LAC 28:IV are advisedto contact LOSFA for guidance.D. LAC 28:IV shall be amended and updated as necessary.Such updates will be forwarded to institutions in the form ofscholarship and grant program memoranda (SGPM), orTaylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) bulletins.These memoranda and bulletins will cover additions,deletions, revisions and clarifications to the rules andregulations. In compliance with R.S. 17:5063, informationshall be mailed to the president and superintendent of eachcity and parish school board in the state, the principal andcounselors of each high school in the state, the chancellor,director of financial aid, business office, auditor and registrarof each public post-secondary school in the state and eachregionally accredited independent college or university whichis a member of the Louisiana Association of IndependentColleges and Universities.B. Agency's Mission Statement. The mission of LOSFA isto administer the federal and state student aid programs thatare assigned to the board.AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S.17:3021-3031.HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Student FinancialAssistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR22:338 (May 1996), repromulgated LR 24:632 (April 1998),amended LR 24:1897 (October 1998), LR 27:1841 (November2001), LR 33:439 (March 2007), amended by the Board of Regents,Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 44:484 (March 2018).§103.PurposeA. LAC 28:IV provides the rules and regulationsgoverning participation in the scholarship and grant programsadministered by the board including, but not limited to:1.applicants and recipients;2.high school counselors;3.principals and headmasters;4.superintendents;AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S.17:3021-3031.HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Student FinancialAssistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR22:338 (May 1996), repromulgated LR 24:632 (April 1998),amended LR 24:1897 (October 1998), LR 26:65 (January 2000),repromulgated LR 27:1841 (November 2001), amended LR 35:227(February 2009), amended by the Board of Regents, Office ofStudent Financial Assistance, LR 44:484 (March 2018).§105.5. college and university financial aid directors andstaff; and6.Effective DateA. These rules and regulations are effective for awardsbeginning with the 1998-99 academic year.federal and state authorities.AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S.17:3021-3031.HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Student FinancialAssistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR22:338 (May 1996), repromulgated LR 24:632 (April 1998), LR24:1898 (October 1998), LR 27:1841 (November 2001), amendedby the Board of Regents, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR44:485 (March 2018).B. LAC 28:IV was developed to meet the followingobjectives:1. establish scholarship and grant policies andprocedures that implement and explain or interpret statutes;2. define the program responsibilities of participants(applicants, recipients, and high school, school board andpost-secondary institution officials);1Louisiana Administrative CodeApril 2019
EDUCATION§107.enough in their schooling that a salutary motivational effect ispossible.”Authority to AuditA. By participating in the scholarship and grant programsadministered by the board and described in LAC 28:IV, allparticipants, including high schools and post-secondaryinstitutions, grant the board and the Louisiana LegislativeAuditor the right to inspect records and perform on-site auditsof each institution's administration of the programs for thepurpose of determining the institution's compliance with statelaw and the board's rules and regulations.C. It is the intent and policy of the board that:1. LOSFA will collect and maintain only that PIInecessary to fulfill the board’s program responsibilities andduties, including but not limited to:a. providing information to participating studentsbeginning in the eighth grade that will guide and motivatestudents to prepare for and to achieve eligibility for financialaid programs to attend postsecondary education;AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S.17:3021-3031.HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Student FinancialAssistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR22:338 (May 1996), repromulgated LR 24:632 (April 1998),amended LR 24:1898 (October 1998), LR 27:1841 (November2001), amended by the Board of Regents, Office of Student FinancialAssistance, LR 44:485 (March 2018).§109.b. determining the initial eligibility of participatingstudents for financial aid;c. determining the continuing eligibility of studentsawarded financial aid;d. making payments for students who have beenawarded financial aid; andDiscrimination ProhibitionA. The exclusion of a person from equal opportunity for aLouisiana scholarship and/or grant program administered bythe board because of race, religion, sex, handicap, nationalorigin or ancestry is prohibited. No policy or procedure of thisagency shall be interpreted as superseding or contradictingthis prohibition.e. submitting reports and assessments required bystate or federal law regarding the effectiveness of the financialaid programs administered by LOSFA;2. LOSFA will maintain and comply with policies andprocedures to protect PII from disclosure to thirdparties/entities that have not been authorized to have accessby:AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S.17:3021-3031.HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Student FinancialAssistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR22:338 (May 1996), repromulgated LR 24:632 (April 1998),amended LR 24:1898 (October 1998), LR 27:1841 (November2001), amended by the Board of Regents, Office of Student FinancialAssistance, LR 44:485 (March 2018).§111.a.state or federal law;b. the parent or legal guardian of the person to whomthe PII applies, if the person is not at least 18 years old orjudicially emancipated or emancipated by marriage; orc. the person to whom the PII applies, if the personis at least 18 years old or judicially emancipated oremancipated by marriage;Criminal PenaltiesA. All certifications of student performance which aresubmitted to the board for the purpose of determining astudent's eligibility for an award under a student aid programadministered by the board shall be by sworn affidavit of thecertifying official and such official shall be subject to criminallaw applicable to false swearing.3. LOSFA will ensure that LOSFA employees will haveaccess only to that PII that is necessary to perform their duties;4. LOSFA will provide information to parents, legalguardians, students and schools regarding:AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S.17:3021-3031.HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Student FinancialAssistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR22:338 (May 1996), repromulgated LR 24:632 (April 1998),amended LR 24:1898 (October 1998), LR 27:1841 (November2001), amended by the Board of Regents, Office of Student FinancialAssistance, LR 44:485 (March 2018).a. requirements for consenting to the release of PIIto LOSFA;§113.5. LOSFA will develop and use consent forms thatinform students, parents, and legal guardians of:b. possible college access advantages provided tostudents by consenting to the release of PII to LOSFA; andc. adverse consequences of withholding consent forrelease of PII to LOSFA;Personally Identifiable Information (PII)A. The board recognizes that personally identifiableinformation must be collected and maintained to determinewhether a student meets the initial and continuing eligibilityrequirements for state and federal financial aid programsadministered by the board, and when required by law for usein preparing and submitting reports required by state andfederal law.April 2019purpose(s) for which the PII will be used;b.who will have access to the PII;c.how long the PII will be retained by LOSFA; andd. how the PII will be destroyed at the end of theretention period;B. The board is required by the TOPS statute to inform“all students of the availability of the assistance.earlyLouisiana Administrative Codea.2
Title 28, Part IV6. LOSFA will destroy PII that is no longer necessaryto fulfill the board’s program responsibilities and duties.The two- and four-year college and university academic yeardoes not include summer sessions or other intersessions;AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S.17:3021-3031.HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Student FinancialAssistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR41:649 (April 2015), amended by the Board of Regents, Office ofStudent Financial Assistance, LR 44:485 (March 2018).iii.during the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 academicyears, the academic year begins with the fall term of the awardyear and concludes with the completion of the spring term ofthe award year or the intersession immediately following thespring term if such intersession ends no later than June 15,whichever is later. Any intersession or term that begins andends during the academic year is included. The two- and fouryear college and university academic year does not includeother intersessions or summer sessions. See the definition ofintersession below;Chapter 3. Definitions§301.DefinitionsA. Words and terms not otherwise defined in this Chaptershall have the meanings ascribed to such words and terms inthis Section. Where the masculine is used in these rules, itincludes the feminine, and vice versa; where the singular i
HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Student Financial Assistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 22:338 (May 1996), repromulgated LR 24:632 (April 1998), amended LR 24:1898 (October 1998), LR 27:1841 (November 2001), amended by the Board of Regents, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 44:485 (March 2018). §109.
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