S.C. Code Regs. § § 62-900.170

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024

Section 62-900.170 - Policies and Procedures for Awarding Lottery Tuition Assistance

A. The Lottery Tuition Assistance Program will be administered by the financial aid office on each campus, and the funds will supplement the student financial aid awards.

B. Actual award amounts are dependent upon the number of eligible students and the amount of funding available each academic year. Lottery Tuition Assistance may not exceed the cost of in-state tuition at State two-year public institutions for the academic year for which the award is made at the designated institution. At independent two-year institutions, the award amount is limited to the highest in-state tuition rate at a two-year public institution. In calculating the amount awarded in Lottery Tuition Assistance, all federal grants and Need-based Grants must be awarded first before determining the amount eligible in Lottery Tuition Assistance to be used for payment towards cost-of-tuition.

C. Adjustments to the financial aid package will be made to Lottery Tuition Assistance when federal grants and Need-based Grants can be applied towards cost-of-tuition.

D. Participating institutions will notify students of their Lottery Tuition Assistance with the terms and conditions of the award.

E. Effective Fall 2008, Section 59-101-430 A of Section 17. Chapter 101 Title 59 of the 1976 Code states that unlawful aliens are prohibited from attending SC public institutions of higher learning. This applies to students who are currently enrolled, as well as new enrollees. In accordance of this statute, institutions must institute a process that verifies an individual's lawful presence in the United States. When verifying the lawful presence of an individual, institutional personnel shall not attempt to independently verify the immigration status of any alien, but shall verify any alien's immigration status with the federal government pursuant to 8 USC Section 1373(c).

F. The institution must retain annually appropriate paper or electronic documentation for each award to include at a minimum:

1. Institutional Student Information Report (ISIR) if student completed the FAFSA or FAFSA Waiver and appropriate supporting documentation

2. Award notification

3. Institutional disbursements to student

4. Refund and repayment (if appropriate)

5. Satisfactory academic progress

6. Student's residency status

7. Enrollment and curriculum requirements

8. Verification from institutional disability service provider of student's disability and approval of reduced course-load requirement (if appropriate)

9. Student award based upon approval of institutional appeal (if appropriate)

10. Military mobilization orders (if appropriate)

11. Verification from the institution that lawful presence in the US has been verified.

G. It is the institution's responsibility to ensure that no ineligible student receives Lottery Tuition Assistance.

H. The student shall be required to provide a nationally recognized unique identifier in order for the institution to award, disburse, and/or transfer the student's state scholarship and/or grant to an eligible institution.

S.C. Code Regs. § 62-900.170

Added by State Register Volume 27, Issue No. 6, Part 2, eff June 27, 2003. Amended by State Register Volume 30, Issue No. 4, eff April 28, 2006; State Register Volume 35, Issue No. 6, eff June 24, 2011.