La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § IV-1805

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

Section IV-1805 - Eligibility

A. To establish eligibility through the 2017-2018 academic year, a student must:

1. be ages 16 to 21, except that a student who was participating in the Chafee ETV Program at age 21 may continue to receive ETVs until he attains the age of 23; and

2. be in the foster care system, or aged out of the foster care system, or was under legal guardianship, or was in the foster care system or under legal guardianship and was adopted after age 16; and

3. be enrolled in postsecondary education; and

4. annually complete the free application for federal student aid.

B. To establish eligibility beginning in the 2018-2019 academic year, a student must:

1. be ages 14 to 26;

2. be in the foster care system, aged out of the foster care system, exited the foster care system through legal guardianship or adoption after attaining the age of 16, or was in the foster care system after the age of 14 and exited for reasons other than adoption, guardianship, or aging out; and

3. be enrolled in postsecondary education; and

4. annually complete the free application for federal student aid.

C. To continue to receive Chafee ETV through the 2017-2018 academic year, a student must:

1. not have attained the age of 21, or the age of 23 if the student was receiving a Chafee ETV at the age of 21 and received the Chafee ETV continuously; and

2. be making satisfactory academic progress in his program of study.

D. To continue to receive Chafee ETV beginning in the 2018-2019 academic year, a student must:

1. not have attained the age of 26; and

2. be enrolled in postsecondary education; and

3. not have participated in the program for more than five years, whether or not consecutively; and

4. be making satisfactory academic progress in his program of study.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § IV-1805

Promulgated by the Student Financial Assistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 36:2548 (November 2010), amended LR 40:52 (January 2014), Amended by the Board of Regents, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 44555 (3/1/2018), Amended LR 44, Amended by the Board of Regents, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 45530 (4/1/2019).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:3021-3031 and R.S. 17:3129.7.