La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § IV-1107

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

Section IV-1107 - Maintaining Eligibility

A. To continue receiving the Rockefeller State Wildlife Scholarship, recipients must meet all of the following criteria:

a. for recipients first accepting the award through the 2009-2010 academic year, have received the scholarship for not more than seven academic years (five undergraduate and two graduate); or

b. for recipients first accepting the award for the 2010-2011 academic year and thereafter, have received the scholarship for not more than five academic years (three undergraduate and two graduate); and

2. at the close of each academic year (ending with the spring semester or quarter), have earned at least 24-hours total credit during the fall, winter and spring terms at an institution defining 12 semester or eight quarter hours as the minimum for full-time undergraduate status or earn at least 18 hours total graduate credit during the fall, winter and spring terms at an institution defining 9 semester hours as the minimum for full-time graduate status unless granted an exception for cause by the board; and

3. achieve a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.50 as an undergraduate student at the end of each academic year or achieve a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.00 as a graduate student at the end of each academic year; and

4. continue to enroll as a full time student each subsequent semester or quarter (excluding summer sessions and intersessions) at the same institution unless granted an exception for cause and/or approval for transfer of the award by the board; and

5. continue to pursue a course of study leading to an undergraduate or graduate degree in wildlife, forestry or marine science.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § IV-1107

Promulgated by the Student Financial Assistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 22:338 (May 1996), repromulgated LR 24:640 (April 1998), amended LR 24:1909 (October 1998), repromulgated LR 27:1859 (November 2001), amended LR 31:2215 (September 2005), LR 34:235 (February 2008), LR 36:2268 (October 2010), Amended by the Board of Regents, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 44535 (3/1/2018).

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