Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 20 - UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII › Subtitle 3 - STATE POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION COMMISSION › Chapter 41 - HAWAII STUDENT INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 20-41-3 - Definition of terms

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter:
"Academic year" means a period of time, usually eight or
					 nine months, during which a full-time student would normally be expected to
					 complete two semesters of instruction or its equivalent.
"Administrative officer" means the administrative officer
					 of the State postsecondary education commission and shall include authorized
					 designees.
"Commission" means the State post-secondary education
					 commission established under chapter
					 305H, HRS.
"Cost of education" means the dollar total of the expenses
					 which are normally included in a student's academic year budget as developed by
					 each eligible institution. Such budgets include allowances for direct
					 educational costs such as tuition, mandatory fees, books, supplies, and
					 reasonable allowances for indirect educational expenses such as room, board,
					 personal expenses, and local transportation.
"Director of financial aids" means that individual who is
					 designated by the eligible institution to be responsible for the administration
					 of the financial aid programs at that eligible institution or a
					 designee.
"Eligible institution" means the public supported campuses
					 of the State system of higher education known collectively as the University
					 of
Hawaii, and the accredited, degree-granting nonprofit
					 institutions of higher education in the State which are owned and operated by
					 one or more nonprofit corporations or associations no part of the net earnings
					 of which may lawfully inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or
					 individual whose principal office is located in the State.
"Financial aids application deadline" means that date,
					 established by each eligible institution, by which an applicant must file an
					 application for financial aid, if the applicant is to be given priority for
					 consideration for financial aid by that eligible institution.
"Grant" means that amount given to an individual student
					 according to these rules and shall include both the federal government's share
					 and the nonfederal matching on a one-to-one ratio.
"Full-time" means registered at the eligible institution on
					 the first day of class for a minimum of twelve credit hours or the equivalent,
					 per semester, or the equivalent.
"Resident" means a resident of the State as determined in
					 accordance with title 20, chapter 4, Administrative Rules, as adopted by the
					 board of regents of the university.
"Satisfactory progress" means the standard of academic
					 achievement considered by the eligible institution as adequate or reasonable
					 progress toward receipt of the particular certificate, associate degree, or
					 baccalaureate degree being sought by the student.
"Schedule of awards" means that table of grants which the
					 administrative officer shall utilize in determining the amount of an individual
					 student's grant.
"State student incentive grant program" means that federal
					 student assistance program authorized under title IV, part A, subpart 3 of the
					 Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended by P.L. 92-318,
					 20 U.S.C.
					 1001 et seq. (1972), and P.L. 94-482,
					 20 U.S.C.
					 1001 et seq. (1976), and rules adopted
					 thereunder.
"Student eligibility index" means that number reflecting
					 the amount which is expected to be available to meet the cost of education and
					 is equivalent to the amount computed to be the total expected family
					 contribution under the federal rules governing the basic educational
					 opportunity grant program.
"Substantial financial need" means that the student
					 demonstrates need for financial assistance as evidenced by having a student
					 eligibility index which does not exceed that number specified for the receipt
					 of a basic educational opportunity grant, and is also eligible for other types
					 of student assistance as evidenced by the needs analysis system subscribed to
					 by the institution.
"Undergraduate" means a student enrolled or accepted for
					 enrollment in a program of study leading to a certificate, associate degree, or
					 baccalaureate degree, who has not yet obtained such a degree.
"University" means the publicly supported campuses of the
					 State system of higher education known collectively as the University of
					 Hawaii."
The use of the masculine shall include the feminine and the
					 singular shall include the plural wherever appropriate.