La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § IV-1901

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

Section IV-1901 - Eligibility of Post-Secondary Institutions to Participate

A. Undergraduate degree granting schools which are components of Louisiana public university medical centers and two- and four-year public colleges and universities are authorized to participate in the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS), TOPS-Tech, TOPS-Tech Early Start, Rockefeller State Wildlife Scholarship, Louisiana Go Grant, and other funded state and federal scholarship, grant and loan programs administered by the Louisiana Board of Regents (the board) and the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA) as applicable.

B. Institutionally-accredited private colleges and universities which are members of the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, Inc. (LAICU) are authorized to participate in TOPS, TOPS-Tech, TOPS Tech Early Start Award, Louisiana Go Grant, and other funded state and federal scholarship, grant and loan programs administered by the Louisiana Board of Regents (the board) and the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA) as applicable. As of April 2000, LAICU membership included Centenary College, Dillard University, Louisiana College, Loyola University, New Orleans Theological Seminary, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, The University of Holy Cross, St. Joseph Seminary College, Tulane Medical Center, Tulane University and Xavier University.

C. Eligible Louisiana proprietary and cosmetology schools are authorized to participate in TOPS for all awards and TOPS Tech Early Start Awards.

D. Out-of-state colleges and universities may participate in TOPS if all the conditions of §703. I are met.

E. Approved training providers may participate in the TOPS Tech Early Start Award Program.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § IV-1901

Promulgated by the Student Financial Assistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 22:338 (May 1996), repromulgated LR 24:645 (April 1998), amended LR 24:1914 (October 1998), LR 25:1459 (August 1999), LR 26:1998 (September 2000), repromulgated LR 27:1864 (November 2001), amended LR 28:448 (March 2002), LR 30:784 (April 2004), LR 31:3111 and 3114 (December 2005), LR 35:235 (February 2009), LR 35:1490 (August 2009), LR 36:2857 (December 2010), Amended by LR 41346 (2/1/2015), Amended by the Board of Regents, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 44557 (3/1/2018), Amended LR 48487 (3/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:3021-3031, 17:3046 et seq., R.S. 17:3129.7, R.S. 17:5001 et seq., and R.S. 17:3050.1-3050.4.