Alabama Administrative Code › Title 300 - ALABAMA COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION › Chapter 300-4-4 - ALABAMA NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 300-4-4-.02 - Definition Of Terms

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
			 Academic Excellence Benefits: Additional funds for guard members who are
			 enrolled undergraduate students who graduated from high school with a
			 cumulative GPA greater than 3.5 and, while enrolled in an institution of higher
			 education in this state, have maintained a 3.0 collegiate cumulative GPA. These
			 funds can be used for tuition, fees, or ancillary costs.
(2) Academic Year: The academic year for
			 Alabama National Guard Educational Assistance Program purposes is from October
			 1 of one year to September 30 of the next year.
(3) Active Member: A member of a federally
			 recognized unit of the Alabama National Guard meeting the minimum requirements
			 for satisfactory membership as defined in the Department of the Army and
			 Department of the Air Force regulations.
(4) Alabama National Guard: Federally
			 recognized units of the Alabama National Guard.
(5) Ancillary Costs: Expenses associated with
			 enrollment in an educational program that are not included withing the standard
			 assessment of tuition and fees. Ancillary costs may include books, supplies,
			 and professional fees and are typically included within the calculation for
			 cost of attendance. For the purposes of the ANGEAP tuition and fees
			 reimbursement, ancillary costs are not an eligible expense. ANGEAP recipients
			 who qualify for the Academic Excellence Benefits can utilize funds to cover
			 these expenses.
(6) Cost of
			 Attendance: As defined by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Federal
			 Student Aid, cost of attendance is an estimate of that student's educational
			 expenses for the period of enrollment, which is used in calculating the total
			 federal student aid a student may receive. Cost of attendance includes tuition
			 and fees, as well as ancillary costs and personal expenses, such as room and
			 board. For the purposes of ANGEAP, not all cost of attendance expenses are
			 considered eligible.
(7)
			 Differential Tuition: A supplementary charge amount added on top of base
			 tuition rate to support additional services and programming for a subset of
			 students enrolled in a particular college or program. Program-specific
			 differential tuition is often charged for those academic programs that have
			 high operating costs. For the purposes of ANGEAP, differential tuition is not
			 considered an eligible expense.
(8)
			 Distribution of Funds: Reimbursement shall be made to the institution promptly
			 at the end of each academic term (quarter or semester) for all certified
			 invoices/vouchers. Should funds appropriated to the Alabama National Guard
			 Educational Assistance Program be insufficient to provide each eligible student
			 with a full grant payment for any term(s) during an academic year, then the
			 awards will be prorated equally among the institutions on a percentage basis of
			 the total invoices/vouchers received and paid accordingly.
(9) Educational Grant: A grant is defined as
			 a financial award by the State of Alabama to an Alabama National Guard
			 Educational Assistance Program applicant who is designated to be an eligible
			 student enrolled in or accepted for enrollment in an eligible program at an
			 eligible institution, and is awarded on a per academic term basis to the
			 student to defray direct educational-related expenses: tuition and cost of
			 instruction fees, not to exceed the median cost of tuition per academic term of
			 all state-supported Alabama four year institutions for classes or courses that
			 count towards the individual's degree or certificate plan as designed and
			 approved by the college or institution attended for the individual's declared
			 program of study, less any Alabama Student Grant Program proceeds for which the
			 student may be eligible and after all federal benefits have been applied to the
			 account of the student. The median tuition amount per academic term will be
			 determined by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education based on its Tuition
			 and Fee Report, which will be prorated according to academic term. Payments to
			 recipients shall not extend beyond twelve (12) years after the date of the
			 first grant payment issued to the student through this program.
(10) Eligible Program: An eligible program is
			 any program leading to a certificate, associate, baccalaureate, master's, or
			 doctorate degree in an accredited institution of higher learning, technical
			 college, or community college within the State of Alabama.
(11) Eligible Institution: An eligible
			 institution is a public or private institution of higher education which:
(a) is in Alabama;
(b) admits as regular students only persons
			 who have a high school diploma, or who are beyond the age of compulsory school
			 attendance in Alabama; and who have the ability to benefit from the training
			 offered;
(c) is legally authorized
			 to provide an educational program beyond secondary education;
(d) provides an educational program for which
			 it awards a certificate, associate, baccalaureate, master's, or doctorate
			 degree,
(e) is accredited by a
			 nationally-recognized accrediting agency or association; and
(f) executes an agreement with the Alabama
			 Commission on Higher Education to participate in the Alabama National Guard
			 Educational Assistance Program.