South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 62 - STATE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION › Article VIII - HIGHER EDUCATION EXCELLENCE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM › LIFE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND LIFE SCHOLARSHIP ENHANCEMENT › Section 62-1200.45 - Military Mobilization: LIFE Scholarship and LIFE Scholarship Enhancement

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
A. Service members
				who are enrolled in college and are affected by military mobilizations will not
				be penalized for the term they are required to withdraw after the full refund
				period based on the institutional policies and procedures. Institutions are
				strongly encouraged to provide a full refund of required tuition, fees and
				other institutional charges or to provide a credit in a comparable amount
				against future charges for students who are forced to withdraw as a result of
				military mobilization. Additionally, the term(s) that the service member is
				mobilized will not count against the maximum terms of eligibility. The service
				member shall be allowed to receive the unused terms for the LIFE Scholarship
				and LIFE Scholarship Enhancement while mobilized during the succeeding summer
				or at the end of the maximum terms of eligibility based on initial college
				enrollment (provided the service member meets continued eligibility
				requirements). The service member must re-enroll in an eligible institution
				within twelve months upon their demobilization and provide official
				documentation to verify military deployment to the institutional Financial Aid
				Office upon re-enrollment to receive LIFE Scholarship and LIFE Scholarship
				Enhancement. Reinstatement of the LIFE Scholarship and the LIFE Scholarship
				Enhancement will be based upon the service member's eligibility at the time
				he/she was mobilized. If the student re-enrolls after the twelve month period,
				the service member must submit an Appeal Application to the Commission on
				Higher Education by the established deadline in order to be considered for
				reinstatement.
B. Service members
				who are enrolled in college and are mobilized for an entire academic year may
				renew the LIFE Scholarship and the LIFE Scholarship Enhancement for the next
				academic year, if they met the eligibility requirements at the end of the prior
				academic year. Service members who did not use the LIFE Scholarship and LIFE
				Scholarship Enhancement funds/terms of eligibility during this period due to
				military mobilization shall be allowed to receive the LIFE Scholarship and LIFE
				Scholarship Enhancement funds during the succeeding summer or at the end of the
				maximum terms of eligibility based on initial college enrollment (provided the
				service member meets continued eligibility requirements).
C. Service members who are enrolled in
				college and are mobilized for one academic term must complete an average of
				thirty credit hours and earn a 3.0 "LIFE GPA" by the end of the academic year
				to be eligible for LIFE Scholarship and LIFE Scholarship Enhancement renewal
				for the next academic year (see Section
				62-1200.15
				(3)(a-d) for example). Service members who did not use LIFE Scholarship and
				LIFE Scholarship Enhancement funds/terms of eligibility during this period
				shall be allowed to receive the LIFE Scholarship and LIFE Scholarship
				Enhancement during the succeeding summer or at the end of the maximum terms of
				eligibility based on initial college enrollment (provided the service member
				meets the continued eligibility requirements).
D. In order to receive the LIFE Scholarship
				and the LIFE Scholarship Enhancement for summer school for the unused term(s),
				the service member must enroll in twelve credit hours during the succeeding
				summer term at the home institution. For service members who enroll in summer
				school and one other term of the academic year, the service member must earn a
				total of twenty-seven credit hours (or its equivalent) for the academic year.
				In order to maintain eligibility for the next academic year for service members
				who only attend summer school, the member must earn twelve credit hours during
				the academic year. The service member must meet all eligibility requirements as
				specified in the "Student Eligibility" and "Continued Eligibility" Sections for
				the LIFE Scholarship and LIFE Scholarship Enhancement, except for the
				completion of the thirty credit hour requirement for the academic
				year.
E. The home institution will
				be responsible for receiving verification of military mobilization status,
				"LIFE GPA," credit hours earned and terms of eligibility based on the service
				member's initial college enrollment and eligibility for LIFE Scholarship and
				LIFE Scholarship Enhancement renewal for the next academic year.
F. Service members of the United States Armed
				Forces will not be penalized for any credit hours earned while on military
				mobilization. The credit hours earned will not count against the terms of
				eligibility, but will be used toward the annual credit hour requirement for the
				LIFE Scholarship and towards the minimum fourteen credit hour course level
				requirement for the LIFE Scholarship Enhancement.