Section 29-7008. REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTITUTIONAL PARTICIPATION - DETERMINATION OF GRANT AMOUNT

 

7008.1The institution shall determine the amount of the annual grant award for each student in accordance with the requirements of this section.

 

7008.2The amount of tuition assistance that will be provided to each eligible student enrolled in a public eligible institution shall be no more than the difference between the tuition and fees charged for in-State students and the tuition and fees charged for out-of-State students.

 

7008.3If the public eligible institution has an in-County rate in addition to an in State rate, the in-County rate, and not the in-State rate, will be used in making the calculation under §7008.2.

 

7008.4For enrollment at public eligible institutions, the maximum amount of assistance that an eligible student may receive is not more than $10,000 for any unpaid tuition or fees for any one award year (as defined in §481 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. §1088)), and a lifetime total of not more than $50,000.

 

7008.5Students enrolled in a public eligible institution may receive the difference between in-State and out-of-State tuition and fees each payment period they are enrolled as long as they do not exceed the award year maximum of $10,000.

 

7008.6The amount of tuition assistance that will be provided to each eligible student enrolled full-time in a private non profit eligible institution shall be not more than $2,500 for any unpaid tuition or fees in one award year and a lifetime total of not more than $12,500.

 

7008.7For any payment period, the award shall be prorated for students attending private institutions and enrolled less than full time (less than 12 credit hours in a term or 24 clock hours per week) in the following manner:

 

(a)Students enrolled 3/4 time (9 credit hours in a term or 18 clock hours per week) shall be eligible for 3/4 of the calculated full-time award for the payment period; and

 

(b)Students enrolled half time (6 credit hours in a term or 12 clock hours per week) shall be eligible for 1/2 of the calculated full-time award for the payment period.

 

7008.8Students who attend an eligible institution on less than a half-time basis are not eligible for the grant.

 

7008.9If the school’s academic calendar contains nonstandard terms, i.e., terms other than semesters, trimesters, or quarters, the school shall determine the student’s enrollment status for each nonstandard term in accordance with the calculation found in 34 C.F.R. §690.63 (d)(1)(ii) (1999), as may be amended from time to time.

 

7008.10The annual award shall not result in the student receiving financial assistance for tuition and fees that exceeds the student’s cost for tuition and fees.

 

7008.11The tuition assistance provided under this Chapter shall apply only to tuition and fees:

 

(a)Except as provided in §7008.11(b), the institution shall presume that any tuition assistance grant funds disbursed to the student’s account shall be used to pay the student’s tuition and fees regardless of whether the institution credits those funds directly to the student’s tuition and fees; and

 

(b)The institution shall not presume that the tuition assistance grant funds were used to pay tuition and fees to the extent that those charges were satisfied for a payment period by other assistance such as grants, scholarships, tuition or fee waivers, or tuition remission that could only be used for tuition and fees. If the tuition and fees are satisfied by this other assistance, the student shall not receive a grant for that payment period.

 

7008.12The institution shall ensure that the amount of the annual award to an eligible student under this chapter supplements, and does not supplant, the amount of grant aid that would otherwise be provided to the student.

 

7008.13If adding aid under this Chapter would make the student’s total aid package exceed the cost of tuition and fees, the institution shall use the funds under this Chapter to reduce the student’s (federal and nonfederal) loans and work-study only to the extent that the loans and work-study would be used to pay for tuition and fees.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 5013, 5023 (June 1, 2001).