Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part IV - Student Financial Assistance-Higher Education Scholarship and Grant Programs › Chapter 5 - Applications, Federal Grant Aid and ACT Test › Section IV-509 - ACT Testing Deadline

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
1. The student must take the official ACT
				test (including national, international, military or special test types) on or
				before the official April test date in the academic year (high school) in which
				the student graduates or completes a home study program approved by
				BESE.
2. A student may submit a
				request for exception to the deadline established in §509.A 1, which will
				be considered only under the following circumstances:
a. the student was prevented from taking the
				ACT test on or prior to the official April test date due to circumstances
				beyond his control and which are attributable to the administration of the
				test; and
b. the student achieves a
				qualifying score on or before August 1 of the year of the student's high school
				graduation.
c. the award for a
				student whose request for exception is approved under this Section shall not be
				reduced as set forth in §509.C
d. except for an applicant who has qualified
				for a TOPS-Tech Award on or prior to the April national ACT test date, an
				applicant will not be allowed to use a test score obtained after the April
				national ACT test date to upgrade a TOPS Award.
3. An eligible non-graduate must take the
				official ACT test (including national, international, military or special test
				types) before the first day of the semester the student first enrolls in an
				eligible college or university.
4.
a. Applicable to 2020 graduates only, the
				final deadline for achieving a qualifying score on an official ACT test
				(including national, international, military or special test types) is December
				31, 2020. A student may qualify for an initial award or a higher award based on
				such test. The award for a student who achieves a qualifying ACT score as
				provided in the Section shall not be reduced as set forth in
				§509.C
b. The provisions of
				this Subsection shall apply to any student who:
i. was enrolled in a Louisiana public high
				school during the 2019-2020 academic year (high school);
ii. was enrolled in a nonpublic high school
				in Louisiana having the approval by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary
				Education required by Part I of this Chapter for program eligibility purposes
				during the 2019-2020 academic year (high school);
iii. resided in the state of Louisiana and
				was enrolled in a home study program approved by the State Board of Elementary
				and Secondary Education during the 2019-2020 academic year (high school);
				or
iv. resided out of state during
				the 2019-2020 academic year but who is able to meet the residency requirements
				to qualify for an award as provided for in §703.A.2
c. A student who meets the requirements of
				this Subsection may request an exception to the December 31, 2020, deadline if
				the student provides documentation that:
i.
				he was registered for one or more ACT exams prior to the December 31, 2020
				deadline; and
ii. one or more ACT
				exams for which the student was registered was cancelled due to Hurricane
				Laura, Hurricane Delta, Hurricane Zeta, or due to measures implemented to
				mitigate the spread of COVID-19; and
iii. he was unable to register for an ACT
				exam that would occur prior to December 31, 2020, that was within a reasonable
				distance from his home or from the location to which he/his family had been
				evacuated due to Hurricane Laura or Hurricane Delta.
d. The initial award or upgraded award for
				any student who requests and is granted an exception in accordance with the
				provisions of this Subsection shall be paid for the first time during the
				semester in which the qualifying ACT was achieved.
5.
a.
				Applicable to 2021 graduates only, the final deadline for achieving a
				qualifying score on an official ACT test (including national, international,
				military or special test types) is December 31, 2021. A student may qualify for
				an initial award or a higher award based on such test. The award for a student
				who achieves a qualifying ACT score as provided in the Section shall not be
				reduced as set forth in
				§509.C
b. The provisions of this Subsection shall
				apply to any student who:
i. was enrolled in a
				Louisiana public high school during the 2020-2021 academic year (high
				school);
ii. was enrolled in a
				nonpublic high school in Louisiana having the approval by the State Board of
				Elementary and Secondary Education required by Part I of this Chapter for
				program eligibility purposes during the 2020-2021 academic year (high
				school);
iii. resided in the state
				of Louisiana and was enrolled in a home study program approved by the State
				Board of Elementary and Secondary Education during the 2020-2021 academic year
				(high school); or
iv. resided out
				of state during the 2020-2021 academic year but who is able to meet the
				residency requirements to qualify for an award as provided for in
				§703.A.2
c. A student who meets
				the requirements of this Subsection may request an exception to the final
				deadline if the student provides documentation that:
i. he was registered for one or more ACT
				exams prior to the December 31, 2021, deadline; and
ii. one or more ACT exams for which the
				student was registered was cancelled due to Hurricane Laura, Hurricane Delta,
				Hurricane Zeta, Hurricane Ida, or due to measures implemented to mitigate the
				spread of COVID-19; and
iii. he was
				unable to register for an ACT exam that would occur prior to the deadline, that
				was within a reasonable distance from his home or from the location to which
				he/his family had been evacuated due to Hurricane Laura, Hurricane Delta,
				Hurricane Zeta, or Hurricane Ida.