South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 62 - STATE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION › Article VII - SOUTH CAROLINA ACADEMIC ENDOWMENT INCENTIVE ACT OF 1997/SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHER EDUCATION MATCHING GIFT FUND › LOTTERY TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR TWO-YEAR PUBLIC AND INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS › Section 62-900.170 - Policies and Procedures for Awarding Lottery Tuition Assistance

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
A. The Lottery
				Tuition Assistance Program will be administered by the financial aid office on
				each campus, and the funds will supplement the student financial aid
				awards.
B. Actual award amounts are
				dependent upon the number of eligible students and the amount of funding
				available each academic year. Lottery Tuition Assistance may not exceed the
				cost of in-state tuition at State two-year public institutions for the academic
				year for which the award is made at the designated institution. At independent
				two-year institutions, the award amount is limited to the highest in-state
				tuition rate at a two-year public institution. In calculating the amount
				awarded in Lottery Tuition Assistance, all federal grants and Need-based Grants
				must be awarded first before determining the amount eligible in Lottery Tuition
				Assistance to be used for payment towards cost-of-tuition.
C. Adjustments to the financial aid package
				will be made to Lottery Tuition Assistance when federal grants and Need-based
				Grants can be applied towards cost-of-tuition.
D. Participating institutions will notify
				students of their Lottery Tuition Assistance with the terms and conditions of
				the award.
E. Effective Fall 2008,
				Section
				59-101-430
				A of Section
				17. Chapter 101 Title 59 of the 1976 Code
				states that unlawful aliens are prohibited from attending SC public
				institutions of higher learning. This applies to students who are currently
				enrolled, as well as new enrollees. In accordance of this statute, institutions
				must institute a process that verifies an individual's lawful presence in the
				United States. When verifying the lawful presence of an individual,
				institutional personnel shall not attempt to independently verify the
				immigration status of any alien, but shall verify any alien's immigration
				status with the federal government pursuant to 8 USC Section 1373(c).
F. The institution must retain annually
				appropriate paper or electronic documentation for each award to include at a
				minimum:
1. Institutional Student Information
				Report (ISIR) if student completed the FAFSA or FAFSA Waiver and appropriate
				supporting documentation
2. Award
				notification
3. Institutional
				disbursements to student
4. Refund
				and repayment (if appropriate)
5.
				Satisfactory academic progress
6.
				Student's residency status
7.
				Enrollment and curriculum requirements
8. Verification from institutional disability
				service provider of student's disability and approval of reduced course-load
				requirement (if appropriate)
9.
				Student award based upon approval of institutional appeal (if
				appropriate)
10. Military
				mobilization orders (if appropriate)
11. Verification from the institution that
				lawful presence in the US has been verified.