Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part IV - Student Financial Assistance-Higher Education Scholarship and Grant Programs › Chapter 14 - Early Start Program › Section IV-1413 - Responsibilities of Eligible Louisiana Postsecondary Institutions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each eligible
				Louisiana postsecondary institution that participates in the Early Start
				Program shall:
1. be responsible for
				determining that the student meets the PLAN or ACT eligibility criteria
				provided in §1405 B-D;
2.
				reserve Early Start Program funds when the student enrolled in a public high
				school is accepted and enrolled in an appropriate course;
3. submit a payment request to LOSFA for
				public high school students enrolled at the institution for whom a reservation
				was made as follows:
a. for each public high
				school student eligible for the Early Start Program who is enrolled at the end
				of the 14th class day or later for semester schools, or the 9th class day or
				later for quarter and term schools;
b. payment request amount. Each semester or
				term, the postsecondary institution in which a student is enrolled in an Early
				Start course shall submit a payment request to LOSFA during the period the
				billing portal is open for each semester/term for which the student is enrolled
				in the amount of $100 per credit hour in which the student is enrolled, not to
				exceed $300 for each college course. Payment requests received outside of these
				timeframes will not be paid unless approved by the board;
c. the postsecondary institution may not
				charge the student any mandatory institutional and tuition fees for enrollment
				in a course paid for by the Early Start Program;
d. the payment request shall include the
				Social Security number, college code, high school code, term, date, college
				course type, hours attempted, and amount requested for each student;
4. for each nonpublic high school
				student and each home school, submit to LOSFA within 30 days of the census date
				of the semester/term for which the student is accepted in the Early Start
				Program the student's name, Social Security number, college code, high school
				code, term, date, college course type, hours attempted;
5. for students who have been previously
				enrolled in the Early Start Program, determine whether the student is in good
				standing at that institution;
6. by
				submitting a payment request to LOSFA, the postsecondary institution certifies
				that:
a. the student meets the eligibility
				criteria provided in §1405 B-D for the college course in which the
				student is dually enrolled;
b. the
				student was enrolled at the end of the 14th class day or later for semester
				schools, or the 9th class day or later for quarter and term schools;
c. the student's high school or the parent of
				a home school student has provided notice that the student is eligible for and
				has been approved to continue participation in the program; and
d. the student's high school or the parent of
				a home school student has provided notice of the course or courses approved for
				enrollment;
e. the student is in
				good standing at the institution;
7. verify that the student is enrolled in a
				college course for which college credit is attempted and recorded on the
				student's postsecondary permanent academic record, including the college
				course, credit attempted, credit earned, and course grade, unless the student
				withdraws before the college's census date or the student's enrollment is
				cancelled;
8. report student level
				outcome data to the board according to the boards specifications.