Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part IV - Student Financial Assistance-Higher Education Scholarship and Grant Programs › Chapter 24 - Geaux Teach Program › Section IV-2401 - General Provisions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Act 463
				of the 2022 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature establishes the Geaux
				Teach Program in
				R.S
				17:7.6 et seq.
B. Description and Purpose. The Geaux Teach
				Program provides scholarships to students who are enrolled in teacher
				preparation programs at the state's postsecondary institutions that are
				approved by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE). In
				addition, up to 20 percent of the available funding may be awarded to students
				attending certified alternative teacher preparation programs approved by
				BESE.
C. Effective Date. Awards
				shall be made, and these rules shall apply, beginning with the 2022-2023
				academic year.
D. Authority to
				Audit. By participating in the scholarship and grant programs administered by
				the board and described in LAC 28:IV, all participants grant the board, LOSFA,
				and the Louisiana Legislative Auditor the right to inspect records and perform
				on-site audits of each institution's administration of the programs for the
				purpose of determining the institution's compliance with state law and the
				board's rules and regulations.
E.
				Discrimination Prohibition. The exclusion of a person from equal opportunity
				for a Geaux Teach Program scholarship by the board because of race, religion,
				sex, handicap, national origin, or ancestry is prohibited. No policy or
				procedure of this agency shall be interpreted as superseding or contradicting
				this prohibition.
F. Criminal
				Penalties. If an erroneous award has been made and the board determines that
				the award was made based upon incorrect information submitted by the student or
				the student's parent(s) or court-ordered custodian, the board may seek
				reimbursement from the student, the student's parent(s) or court-ordered
				custodian, and if it is further determined that the award was made due to an
				intentional misrepresentation by the student, the student's parent(s) or
				court-ordered custodian, then the board shall refer the case to the attorney
				general for investigation and prosecution. If a student or the student's
				parent(s) or court-ordered custodian is suspected of having intentionally
				misrepresented the facts which were provided to the board and used by it to
				determine the eligibility of the student for the program and the board has
				referred the case to the attorney general for investigation, then the student
				shall remain ineligible for future award consideration pending an outcome of
				said investigation which is favorable to the student.
G. Award Amount
1. The award amount shall be applied only to
				tuition, fees, textbooks, and instructional materials required for enrollment.
				Geaux Teach Program scholarships shall be awarded after all state and
				institutional financial aid are applied.
2. The maximum annual award amount shall be
				$5,000.
3. Each postsecondary
				institution/provider shall determine the award amounts for eligible students
				attending teacher certification programs at that institution/provider based on
				the requirements in these rules, the allocation to the institution/provider,
				the institution's/provider's financial aid packaging policy for this program,
				and the guidance established by the board and published by LOSFA.