Ariz. Admin. Code § R7-3-306 - Award Alterations

A. The Commission will attempt to accommodate any changes which institutional financial aid officers wish to make in individual student awards. These changes might include, for example, cancellation of award, reduction in award level, or increase in award level.

1. Increased LEAP Awards: A student's LEAP award may be increased if the earlier award for that program year is less than the maximum amount specified, and if the student is eligible for such an increase. To increase a LEAP award, the institutional financial aid officer will simply submit to the Commission another LEAP application form, and provide updated financial aid information on the form. In no case may a student receive more than a total of $2,500 in LEAP awards for a program year.

2. Reversions: A student's LEAP award may be reduced or canceled. If a student officially or unofficially withdraws or is expelled from the institution, or if the student drops below the minimum number of hours, the institution financial aid officer must attempt to recover all of LEAP award funds possible in accordance with the repayment policies of that institution.

3. The reversion procedure includes the following steps:

a. Funds are recovered from the student;

b. The financial aid officer completes the LEAP Reversion Form;

c. The financial aid officer forwards the completed LEAP Reversion Form(s) and the Transmittal Form to the Commission.

4. Reverted LEAP funds recovered by the Commission are redeposited in the secured LEAP program account and credited to the institution's LEAP Program Fund account. Such funds are then available to the institution to be used to make new LEAP awards.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R7-3-306

Adopted effective September 19, 1996, under an exemption from the Administrative Procedure Act pursuant to A.R.S. § 15-1852(C) (Supp. 96-3). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 5 A.A.R. 2046, effective June 1, 1999 (Supp. 99-2).