Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 575 - HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING COMMISSION, OFFICE OF STUDENT ACCESS AND COMPLETION › Division 105 - Tribal Student Program › Section 575-105-0015 - Grant Amount

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The Commission
			 shall provide a qualified student with an award calculated in the following
			 manner:
(a) For an undergraduate student
			 attending an Oregon public university listed in ORS
			 352.002,
			 Oregon Health and Science University, or an Oregon community college
			 established under ORS Chapter 341, the Commission shall provide an award equal
			 to and not to exceed the average cost of attendance, as calculated by the
			 eligible institution at which the student enrolls, reduced by the amount of
			 state and federal educational grant and scholarship aid available to such
			 student. The total award of combined resources shall not exceed the cost of
			 attendance.
(b) For an
			 undergraduate student attending a qualifying non-public institution, the
			 commission shall provide an award equal to the average cost of attendance of
			 the highest cost institution, reduced by the amount of state and federal
			 educational and scholarship aid available to such student, in the equivalent
			 public institution sector as follows:
(A) If
			 such student is attending a qualifying four-year non-public university, the
			 public university listed in ORS
			 352.002 with the highest undergraduate average cost of attendance.
(B) If such student is attending a qualifying
			 two-year non-public institution, the community college operated under ORS
			 chapter 341 with the highest average cost of attendance.
(c) For a graduate student enrolled in a
			 master's degree seeking program, the Commission shall provide an award equal to
			 the average cost of attendance reduced by the amount of institutional assistant
			 aid, state and federal educational grants, and scholarship aid available to
			 such student. The award shall not exceed the highest average undergraduate cost
			 of attendance at an Oregon public university listed in ORS
			 352.002.
			 The total award of combined resources shall not exceed the cost of
			 attendance.
(d) Priority
			 consideration for funding graduate students shall be given first to students
			 who are enrolled in a master's degree seeking program.
(e) Should funding be available after
			 awarding applicants at the undergraduate and master's level the commission may
			 review and consider partial or full awards to students in either professional
			 or doctoral programs of study, and/or graduate certificates. For a student who
			 is enrolled in either professional or doctoral degree seeking program and/or
			 graduate certificates who has been determined to be eligible to receive grant
			 funding as determined by subsection (1)(c) of this section, the Commission
			 shall provide an award equal to the average cost of attendance reduced by the
			 amount of institutional assistant aid, state and federal educational grants,
			 and scholarship aid available to such student, not to exceed the highest
			 average undergraduate cost of attendance at an Oregon public university listed
			 in ORS
			 352.002.
			 The total award of combined resources shall not exceed the cost of
			 attendance.