La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § IV-1103

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

Section IV-1103 - Establishing Eligibility

A. To establish eligibility, the student applicant must meet all of the following criteria:

1. be a U.S. citizen or national or eligible noncitizen; and

2. be a resident of Louisiana, as defined in §301 for at least one year prior to July 1 of the award year; and

a. through the 2007-2008 academic year (college), submit the completed free application for federal student aid (FAFSA) or the renewal FAFSA, whichever is applicable to the student, so that it is received by the federal processor by the final deadline set forth in §501. C or §505 F; or

b. beginning with the 2008-2009 academic year (college):

i. to be eligible for the scholarship for both fall and spring semesters of the academic year (college), submit the completed free application for federal student aid (FAFSA) or the renewal FAFSA, whichever is applicable to the student, so that it is received by the federal processor and by LOSFA by the final deadline set forth in §501. C or §505 F;

ii. to be eligible for the scholarship, if funds are available, for the spring semester of the academic year (college), submit the completed free application for federal student aid (FAFSA) or the renewal FAFSA, whichever is applicable to the student, so that it is received by the federal processor by the final deadline set forth in §501. C or §505 F; and

a. through the 2007-2008 academic year (college), complete and submit such documentary evidence as may be required by LOSFA; or

b. beginning with the 2008-2009 academic year, complete and submit such documentary evidence as may be required by LOSFA so that it is received by LOSFA no later than July 1 preceding the academic year (college) for which the scholarship is sought; and

a. beginning with the 2008-2009 academic year:

i. through the 2009-2010 academic year, to be eligible for the award for both fall and spring semesters of the academic year (college), complete and submit the Rockefeller Wildlife Scholarship application and a master promissory note so that they are received by LOSFA no later than July 1 preceding the fall semester for which the award is sought; or

ii. to be eligible for the award, if funds are available for the spring semester of the academic year (college), complete and submit the Rockefeller Wildlife Scholarship application and a master promissory note so that they are received by LOSFA no later than December 1 immediately preceding the spring semester for which the award is sought; and

b. beginning with the 2010-2011 academic year:

i. to be eligible for the scholarship for both fall and spring semesters of the academic year (college), complete and submit the Rockefeller Wildlife Scholarship application so that it is received by LOSFA no later than July 1 preceding the fall semester for which the scholarship is sought; or

ii. to be eligible for the scholarship, if funds are available for the spring semester of the academic year (college), complete and submit the Rockefeller Wildlife Scholarship application so that it is received by LOSFA no later than December 1 immediately preceding the spring semester for which the scholarship is sought; and

6. agree that award proceeds will be used exclusively for educational expenses; and

a. through the 2009-2010 academic year, be enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a full-time undergraduate or graduate student at a Louisiana public college or university majoring in forestry, wildlife or marine science as it pertains to wildlife, with the intent of obtaining a degree from a Louisiana public college or university offering a degree in one of the three specified fields; or

b. for the 2010-2011 academic year and thereafter, be an undergraduate recipient of the award during the 2009-2010 academic year and enrolled full-time or an undergraduate with at least 60 earned hours of college credit and enrolled full-time or graduate student and enrolled fulltime at a Louisiana public college or university majoring in forestry, wildlife or marine science as it pertains to wildlife, with the intent of obtaining a degree from a Louisiana public college or university offering a degree in one of the three specified fields; and

a. through the 2009-2010 academic year, must have graduated from high school, and if at the time of application the student applicant has earned less than 24 hours of graded college credit since graduating from high school, have earned a minimum cumulative high school grade point average of at least 2.50 calculated on a 4.00 scale for all courses completed in grades 9 through 12, have taken the ACT or SAT and received test score results and, beginning with the 2006-2007 academic year (college), have an ACT score of at least 20; or

b. beginning with the 2006-2007 academic year (college) and through the 2009-2010 academic year, must be a qualified home study completer and, if at the time of application the student applicant has earned less than 24 hours of graded college credit since graduating from high school, achieve an ACT score of at least 22; or

i. through the 2009-2010 academic year, if, at the time of application, the student applicant has earned 24 or more hours of college credit, then the applicant must have at least a 2.50 cumulative college grade point average; or

ii. beginning with the 2010-2011 academic year, the student applicant has earned 60 or more hours of college credit with at least a 2.50 cumulative college grade point average; or

d. if, at the time of application, the student is in graduate school, then the applicant must have at least a 3.00 cumulative grade point average on all credits earned in graduate school;

9. through the 2009-2010 academic year, to be a qualified home study completer for the purposes of this Section, the applicant must:

a. successfully complete at the twelfth grade level a home study program approved by BESE; or

b. if a Louisiana public high school, a Louisiana nonpublic high school, an approved non-Louisiana high school, or an out-of-state high school was previously attended, has provided the board with certification by the previously attended high school that said student was in good standing at the time the student last attended such school.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § IV-1103

Promulgated by the Student Financial Assistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 24:639 (April 1998), amended LR 24:1908 (October 1998), LR 27:1220 (August 2001), repromulgated LR 27:1859 (November 2001), amended LR 28:774 (April 2002), LR 29:125 (February 2003), LR 30:2020 (September 2004), LR 33:87 (January 2007), LR 34:235 (February 2008), LR 36:2268 (October 2010), Amended by the Board of Regents, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 44534 (3/1/2018).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:3021-3031 and R.S. 56:797(D)(2).