La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § VI-303

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

Section VI-303 - Account Owner Classifications

A. An account owner shall be classified by the authority under one of the following classifications:

1. a person or persons determined by the authority to be the parent, grandparent, or court ordered custodian of the person being designated as beneficiary of the account or who claim the person being designated as beneficiary as a dependent on their federal income tax return, and, at the time of the initiation of the agreement, the person or beneficiary is a resident of the state; or

2. a person determined by the authority to be a member of the family of the beneficiary and, at the time of the initiation of the agreement, the person or the beneficiary is a resident of the state; or

3. an independent student who is a resident of the state;

4. any other person and, at the time of the initiation of the agreement, the beneficiary is a resident of the state; or

5. any other person who, at the time of the initiation of the agreement, is a resident of the state and the beneficiary is not a resident of the state;

6. any other person or any government entity, and at the time of the initiation of the agreement:

a. the beneficiary is a resident of the state;

b. the federal adjusted income of the beneficiary's family is less than $30,000 or the beneficiary must be eligible for a free lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Act (42 USC 1751 et seq.);

c. the beneficiary is not a member of the account owner's family nor a member of the family of any member or employee of the authority or the Office of Student Financial Assistance;

d. the deposits to the account are an irrevocable donation by the owner.

B. In order to qualify as an account owner in any classification, a natural person, to include an independent student, must be of the age of majority under Louisiana law.

C. Account owner classification is made at the time of the initiation of the agreement. Changes in the residency of the account owner or beneficiary after the initiation of the agreement do not change the account owner's classification.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § VI-303

Promulgated by the Tuition Trust Authority, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 27:1879 (November 2001), amended LR 28:779 (April 2002), LR 28:2334 (November 2002), LR 30:787 (April 2004), Amended LR 421076 (7/1/2016).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:3091-3099.2.