Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT › Division 10 - Commissioner of Higher Education › Chapter 2 - Student Financial Assistance Programs › Section 6 CSR 10-2.160 - War Veteran's Survivors Grant Program

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment updates gender-specific
				  language, clarifies the citizenship requirement, and adds a policy for award
				  disbursement and delivery.
PURPOSE: This amendment updates the definition of
				  institution of postsecondary education or approved institution to reflect
				  statutory revisions.
(1)
				Definitions.
(A) Academic year shall be from
				July 1 of any year through June 30 of the following year.
(B) Applicant means a survivor who has filed
				an accurate and complete application to receive a War Veteran's Survivors Grant
				award, who has been certified as eligible by the Missouri Veteran's Commission,
				and who otherwise qualifies to receive such award under section
				173.254,
				RSMo.
(C) Award shall be an amount
				of money paid by Missouri to a qualified applicant for tuition assistance, room
				and board, and books pursuant to the provisions of this rule and section
				173.234,
				RSMo.
(D) Award year shall be from
				July 1 of any year through June 30 of the following year, excluding summer
				terms.
(E) Books are any books or
				related supplementary materials required for any course for which tuition was
				paid in whole or in part by an award under this section.
(F) Consortium agreement means a written
				agreement between two (2) or more approved institutions that allows students to
				take courses at a school other than the home school and have those courses
				count toward the degree or certificate at the home school and that complies
				with United States Department of Education requirements for federal student
				financial assistance.
(G)
				Coordinating board, CBHE, or board is the Coordinating Board for Higher
				Education created by section
				173.005,
				RSMo.
(H) Department means the
				Department of Higher Education created by section
				173.005,
				RSMo.
(I) Grant shall be the War
				Veteran's Survivors Grant established in section
				173.234,
				RSMo.
(J) Initial recipient means
				any applicant who meets the criteria set forth in section
				173.234,
				RSMo, and in this regulation; has filed an accurate and complete application by
				the deadline established by the CBHE for the War Veteran's Survivors Grant
				program; and has not received a War Veteran's Survivors Grant award in any
				prior academic year.
(K)
				Institution of postsecondary education or approved institution shall be any
				Missouri public institution of postsecondary education as defined in
				subdivision 173.1102.1(3), RSMo.
(L) Renewal recipient means any applicant who has
				received a War Veteran's Survivors Grant award; who meets the requirements set
				forth in section
				173.234,
				RSMo, and in this regulation; and who has filed an accurate and complete
				application by the deadline established by the department for the War Veteran's
				Survivors Grant program.
(M)
				Satisfactory academic progress means meeting the requirements established by
				the approved institution in which the student is enrolled for students at the
				approved institution to receive assistance under Title IV financial aid
				programs included in the Higher Education Act of 1965, with the exception of
				grade point average.
(N) Survivor
				shall be any child up to twenty-five (25) years of age or spouse of a war
				veteran as defined in section 173.234.1(5), RSMo.
(O) Tuition is any tuition or incidental fee, or both,
				charged by an institution of postsecondary education for attendance at the
				institution by a student as a resident of this state.
(P) Tuition assistance is the component of the award
				related to the actual tuition paid by the student up to the amount charged to a
				Missouri resident at the University of Missouri-Columbia.