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 10-2.100 - Public Safety Officer or Employee's Child Survivor Grant Program

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE:
The public safety officer or
				  employee's child survivor grant program, established by section 173.260, RSMo,
				  authorizes the Coordinating Board for Higher Education to provide educational
				  benefits for eligible Missouri residents who are public safety officers who are
				  permanently and total- ly disabled in the line of duty or eligible chil- dren
				  or spouses of certain public safety offi- cers and certain public employees
				  killed or permanently and totally disabled in the line of duty to attend an
				  approved Missouri college or university. This rule sets forth qualifica- tions
				  required of student applicants for grant assistance.
(1) Definitions.
(A) Academic year or the period of the grant
				is the period from July 1 of any year through June 30 of the following
				year.
(B) Applicant shall mean an
				eligible child, spouse, or public safety officer, as defined in this rule, who
				has filed a complete and accurate application to receive a survivor grant as
				prescribed by the CBHE and who qualifies to receive such an award under section
				173.260,
				RSMo.
(C) CBHE is the Coordinating
				Board for Higher Education created by section
				173.005,
				RSMo.
(D) Eligible child is the
				natural, adopted, or stepchild of a public safety officer or employee who is
				less than twenty-four (24) years of age and who is a dependent of a public
				safety officer or employee or was a dependent at the time of death or permanent
				and total disability of a public safety officer or employee.
(E) Employee shall be any full-time employee
				of the Department of Transportation engaged in the construction or maintenance
				of the state's highways, roads, and bridges who is killed or permanently and
				totally disabled in the line of duty.
(F) Full-time student means a student who is
				enrolled in at least twelve (12) semester hours, eight (8) quarter hours, or
				the equivalent in another measurement system, but not less than the number
				sufficient to secure the certificate or degree toward which the student is
				working in no more than the number of semesters or their equivalent normally
				required by the institution for the program in which the student is enrolled,
				provided, however, that an otherwise eligible student having a disability as
				defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12101-12213 ) who,
				because of the student's disability, is unable to satisfy the statutory minimum
				requirements for full-time status under Title IV student aid programs shall be
				considered by the approved institution to be a full-time student and shall be
				considered to be making satisfactory academic degree progress, as defined in
				subsection (1) (M) of this rule, while carrying a minimum of six (6) credit
				hours or their equivalent at the approved institution.
(G) Grant assistance or award shall be an
				amount of money paid to a qualified applicant pursuant to the provisions of
				this rule.
(H) Institution of
				postsecondary education or approved institution shall be any private or public
				institution located in Missouri that meets the requirements set forth in
				subdivision 173.1102.1(2) or (3), RSMo.
(I) Line of duty shall mean any action of an
				employee directly connected to their employment with the Department of
				Transportation, or of a public safety officer who is authorized or obligated by
				law, rule, regulation, or condition of employment or service to perform such
				function.
(J) MDHE means the
				Missouri Department of Higher Education created by section
				173.005,
				RSMo.
(K) Permanent and total
				disability shall mean a disability which renders a person unable to engage in
				any gainful work.
(L) Public safety
				officer shall be any firefighter, uniformed employee of the office of the state
				fire marshal, police officer, capitol police officer, parole officer, probation
				officer, state correctional employee, water safety officer, park ranger,
				conservation officer, or highway patrolman employed by the state of Missouri or
				a political subdivision thereof, including an individual serving in any such
				capacity as a certified volunteer, who is killed or permanently and totally
				disabled in the line of duty, or any emergency medical technician, air
				ambulance pilot, air ambulance registered professional nurse, air ambulance
				registered respiratory therapist, or flight crew member, as these terms are
				defined in subsection 173.260.1, RSMo, who is killed or permanently and totally
				disabled in the line of duty.
(M)
				Satisfactory academic progress shall be determined by the approved
				institution's policies as applied to other students at the approved institution
				receiving assistance under Title IV financial aid programs included in the
				Higher Education Act of 1965.
(N)
				Similar program funds shall be need-based funds an applicant receives under any
				federal or state grant aid programs.
(O) Spouse shall mean the husband, wife, widow, or
				widower of a public safety officer or employee at the time of death or
				permanent and total disability of such public safety officer or
				employee.
(P) Survivor grant or
				grant shall mean the public safety officer or employee survivor grant as
				established by section
				173.260,
				RSMo.
(Q) Tuition or incidental
				fee shall be the amount charged for nondesignated and unrestricted fees by an
				institution of postsecondary education for an applicant to attend full-time at
				that institution as a resident of the state of Missouri.