Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part IV - Student Financial Assistance-Higher Education Scholarship and Grant Programs › Chapter 11 - Rockefeller State Wildlife Scholarship › Section IV-1103 - Establishing Eligibility

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. To
				establish eligibility, the student applicant must meet all of the following
				criteria:
1. be a U.S. citizen or national or
				eligible noncitizen; and
2. be a
				resident of Louisiana, as defined in
				§301 for at least one year prior to July 1
				of the award year; and
3.
a. through the 2007-2008 academic year
				(college), submit the completed free application for federal student aid
				(FAFSA) or the renewal FAFSA, whichever is applicable to the student, so that
				it is received by the federal processor by the final deadline set forth in
				§501. C or §505 F; or
b.
				beginning with the 2008-2009 academic year (college):
i. to be eligible for the scholarship for
				both fall and spring semesters of the academic year (college), submit the
				completed free application for federal student aid (FAFSA) or the renewal
				FAFSA, whichever is applicable to the student, so that it is received by the
				federal processor and by LOSFA by the final deadline set forth in §501. C or §505 F;
ii. to be eligible
				for the scholarship, if funds are available, for the spring semester of the
				academic year (college), submit the completed free application for federal
				student aid (FAFSA) or the renewal FAFSA, whichever is applicable to the
				student, so that it is received by the federal processor by the final deadline
				set forth in §501. C or §505 F; and
4.
a.
				through the 2007-2008 academic year (college), complete and submit such
				documentary evidence as may be required by LOSFA; or
b. beginning with the 2008-2009 academic
				year, complete and submit such documentary evidence as may be required by LOSFA
				so that it is received by LOSFA no later than July 1 preceding the academic
				year (college) for which the scholarship is sought; and
5.
a.
				beginning with the 2008-2009 academic year:
i.
				through the 2009-2010 academic year, to be eligible for the award for both fall
				and spring semesters of the academic year (college), complete and submit the
				Rockefeller Wildlife Scholarship application and a master promissory note so
				that they are received by LOSFA no later than July 1 preceding the fall
				semester for which the award is sought; or
ii. to be eligible for the award, if funds
				are available for the spring semester of the academic year (college), complete
				and submit the Rockefeller Wildlife Scholarship application and a master
				promissory note so that they are received by LOSFA no later than December 1
				immediately preceding the spring semester for which the award is sought;
				and
b. beginning with
				the 2010-2011 academic year:
i. to be eligible
				for the scholarship for both fall and spring semesters of the academic year
				(college), complete and submit the Rockefeller Wildlife Scholarship application
				so that it is received by LOSFA no later than July 1 preceding the fall
				semester for which the scholarship is sought; or
ii. to be eligible for the scholarship, if
				funds are available for the spring semester of the academic year (college),
				complete and submit the Rockefeller Wildlife Scholarship application so that it
				is received by LOSFA no later than December 1 immediately preceding the spring
				semester for which the scholarship is sought; and
6. agree that award proceeds will
				be used exclusively for educational expenses; and
7.
a.
				through the 2009-2010 academic year, be enrolled or accepted for enrollment as
				a full-time undergraduate or graduate student at a Louisiana public college or
				university majoring in forestry, wildlife or marine science as it pertains to
				wildlife, with the intent of obtaining a degree from a Louisiana public college
				or university offering a degree in one of the three specified fields;
				or
b. for the 2010-2011 academic
				year and thereafter, be an undergraduate recipient of the award during the
				2009-2010 academic year and enrolled full-time or an undergraduate with at
				least 60 earned hours of college credit and enrolled full-time or graduate
				student and enrolled fulltime at a Louisiana public college or university
				majoring in forestry, wildlife or marine science as it pertains to wildlife,
				with the intent of obtaining a degree from a Louisiana public college or
				university offering a degree in one of the three specified fields;
				and
8.
a. through the 2009-2010 academic year, must
				have graduated from high school, and if at the time of application the student
				applicant has earned less than 24 hours of graded college credit since
				graduating from high school, have earned a minimum cumulative high school grade
				point average of at least 2.50 calculated on a 4.00 scale for all courses
				completed in grades 9 through 12, have taken the ACT or SAT and received test
				score results and, beginning with the 2006-2007 academic year (college), have
				an ACT score of at least 20; or
b.
				beginning with the 2006-2007 academic year (college) and through the 2009-2010
				academic year, must be a qualified home study completer and, if at the time of
				application the student applicant has earned less than 24 hours of graded
				college credit since graduating from high school, achieve an ACT score of at
				least 22; or
c.
i. through the 2009-2010 academic year, if,
				at the time of application, the student applicant has earned 24 or more hours
				of college credit, then the applicant must have at least a 2.50 cumulative
				college grade point average; or
ii. beginning with the 2010-2011 academic
				year, the student applicant has earned 60 or more hours of college credit with
				at least a 2.50 cumulative college grade point average; or
d. if, at the time of application, the
				student is in graduate school, then the applicant must have at least a 3.00
				cumulative grade point average on all credits earned in graduate
				school;
9. through the
				2009-2010 academic year, to be a qualified home study completer for the
				purposes of this Section, the applicant must:
a. successfully complete at the twelfth grade
				level a home study program approved by BESE; or
b. if a Louisiana public high school, a
				Louisiana nonpublic high school, an approved non-Louisiana high school, or an
				out-of-state high school was previously attended, has provided the board with
				certification by the previously attended high school that said student was in
				good standing at the time the student last attended such school.