La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § IV-1005

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section IV-1005 - Establishing Eligibility

A. To establish eligibility for the TOPS-Tech Early Start Award, the student applicant must meet all of the following criteria:

1. be in the 11th or 12th grade in a Louisiana public high school;

2. have prepared a five-year education and career plan, including a sequence of related courses with a career focus as provided by the high school career option subchapter in R.S. 17:183.2 et seq.;

3. have a cumulative high school grade point average on all courses attempted of not less than 2.0 when calculated on a 4.0 scale;

4. score at least 15 on the English subsection and 15 on the mathematics subsection of the ACT PLAN assessment or a successor assessment administered as part of Louisiana's educational planning and assessment system or the ACT or an equivalent concordant value of the SAT or have attained a silver level score on the assessments of the ACT WorkKeys system;

5. enroll in a course in an industry-based occupational or vocational education credential program in a top demand occupation.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § IV-1005

Promulgated by the Student Financial Assistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 31:3110 (December 2005), Amended by LR 41345 (2/1/2015), Amended LR 412599 (12/1/2015), Amended by the Board of Regents, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 44532 (3/1/2018).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:3021-3031 and R.S. 17:5081.