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 10-2.180 - Minority and Underrepresented Environmental Literacy Program

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment updates the definition of
				  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) Advisory committee shall be the Minority
				Environmental Literacy Advisory Committee created under section
				173.240,
				RSMo.
(C) Applicant means a student
				who has filed a complete and accurate application to receive a Minority and
				Underrepresented Environmental Literacy Program award as prescribed by the
				department and who qualifies to receive such award under section
				173.240,
				RSMo.
(D) Approved institution
				means any institution located in the state of Missouri that meets the
				requirements set forth in subdivisions 173.1102.1(2) or (3), RSMo, that has
				been approved under 6 CSR 10-2.140.
(E) Award year shall be from July 1 of any
				year through June 30 of the following year, excluding summer terms.
(F) Completed secondary coursework or
				completion of secondary coursework shall be graduation from high school or the
				virtual public school established in section
				161.670,
				RSMo, receipt of a general education development (GED) diploma, completion of a
				program of study through homeschooling, or any other program of academic
				instruction that satisfies the compulsory attendance requirement under section
				167.031,
				RSMo.
(G) 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.
(H) Department means the Department of Higher
				Education created by section
				173.005,
				RSMo.
(I) Expenses mean any
				educational-related expenses including, but not limited to, tuition, fees, and
				room and board.
(J) 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 respective 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 Title II of 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 progress, as defined in subsection (1)(O) of this
				rule, while carrying a minimum of six (6) credit hours or their equivalent at
				the approved institution.
(K)
				Initial recipient means a student who qualifies under section
				173.240,
				RSMo, has filed an accurate and complete application by the deadline
				established by the department for the Minority and Underrepresented
				Environmental Literacy Program, has been selected to receive an award by the
				advisory committee, and has not received a Minority and Underrepresented
				Environmental Literacy Program award in any prior academic year.
(L) Program shall mean the Minority and
				Underrepresented Environmental Literacy Program created under section
				173.240,
				RSMo.
(M) Renewal recipient means
				a student who received a Minority and Underrepresented Environmental Literacy
				Program award in any prior academic year, who meets the requirements set forth
				in section
				173.240,
				RSMo, and who has filed an accurate and complete application by the deadline
				established by the department for the Minority and Underrepresented
				Environmental Literacy Program, and has been selected to receive an award by
				the advisory committee.
(N)
				Residency, for the purpose of this rule, shall be determined by reference to
				the standards set forth in the determination of student residency rule,
				6 CSR
				10-3.010.
(O) Satisfactory academic progress shall be a
				cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of at least two and one-half (2.5) on a
				four-point (4.0) scale, or the equivalent on another scale, and, with the
				exception of grade point average, as otherwise 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. The calculation of CGPA shall be based on the
				approved institution's policies as applied to other students in similar
				circumstances.
(P) Severely
				underrepresented minority ethnic group means African Americans, Hispanic or
				Latino Americans, Native Americans and Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians and
				Pacific Islanders as referenced in the 2011 publication of
Expanding
				Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology at
				the Crossroads
, authored by the Committee on Underrepresented Groups
				and the Expansion of the Science and Engineering Workforce Pipeline; Committee
				on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy; Policy and Global Affairs; National
				Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of
				Medicine.