500 IAC 1-1-4 - Eligibility standards
Authority: IC 21-18.5-4-9
Affected: IC 20-12-21
Sec. 4.
To be eligible for an award, an applicant shall meet the following requirements:
(1) For
purposes of eligibility, an applicant must have:
(A) graduated from a program of instruction
at a secondary school. A student who leaves an Indiana public high school with
a certificate of completion, as opposed to high school diploma, is not
considered a high school graduate for state grant purposes; or
(B) received a general education development
(GED) diploma; or
(C) been admitted
to an approved institution in an early admissions or accelerated learning
program leading to an associate's or bachelor's degree.
(2) Be an eligible student as defined in
section 1(21) of this rule.
(3)
Absent specific legislative language to the contrary, to be eligible for a
higher education grant, the student must be enrolled in an academic program
leading to a certificate at Ivy Tech State College, or an associate degree or
baccalaureate degree at an eligible institution, or, up to the first thirty
(30) credit hours of undergraduate study, pursue a specific educational
objective or course of study at an eligible institution and enroll in:
(A) courses that apply toward the requirement
for completion of that objective or course of study; or
(B) courses designed to assist the student in
developing the basic skills necessary for the student to successfully achieve
the objective or continue in that course of study.
(4) Have not received a first baccalaureate
degree and have not received:
(A) more than
eight (8) semesters or twelve (12) trimesters or quarters of state grant
assistance; or
(B)
(Voided
by P.L. 125-2008, SECTION 6, effective July 1, 2008.)
(5) File an approved application
no earlier than the beginning of the application period and no later than the
application filing deadline established by the commission under section 1(3) of
this rule. To establish eligibility for an award, an applicant's need analysis
application shall meet the following requirements:
(A) Be submitted no later than the
application filing deadlines established by the commission.
(B) Be satisfactorily completed by the filing
date established by the commission with all applicable questions answered
correctly, including complete and accurate financial data.
Failure to meet requirements of this subdivision shall render an applicant ineligible for an award in the academic year for which application is being made.
(6) Be a United States citizen or be
considered an eligible noncitizen as classified by the United States Department
of Education for Title IV purposes.
(7) Be domiciled in the state on or before
December 31 of the year preceding application for an award and be continuously
domiciled in the state thereafter. Determination of residency status shall be
as follows:
(A) For a dependent student, the
determination of residency status shall be based upon the permanent place of
residence of the parents of an applicant.
(B) For an independent student, the
determination of residency status shall be based upon the permanent place of
residence of the applicant.
(C) If
an applicant qualifies as a resident under this subdivision, but is classified
as a nonresident by an approved institution, the applicant's award shall be
computed on the basis of in-state tuition and fees only. An applicant who is
classified as a nonresident student by the commission is ineligible for an
award even if classified as a resident by an approved institution.
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