TITLE 17. EDUCATION
CHAPTER 20-B-3. LOUISIANA HONORS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
17:3042.34 Redeeming a scholarship award; requirements
A. To redeem a scholarship as provided by this Chapter, a recipient:
(1) Shall be a bona fide Louisiana resident as determined by rules established by the Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission in accordance with R.S. 17:3042.35.
(2) Shall have been accepted to attend a public or independent college or university or public post-secondary technical institute in the state and shall have registered as a full-time student in the college or university or technical institute.
(3) Shall have been certified as provided by this Chapter to have graduated among the top five percent of his high school graduating class.
(4) Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1283, §2, eff. July 15, 1997.
(5) Shall have achieved at least a minimum cumulative high school grade point average of 3.00 on a maximum 4.00 scale.
B. A recipient may continue to redeem a scholarship provided he:
(1) Continues to attend a Louisiana public or independent college or university or public post-secondary technical institute as a full-time student.
(2) Maintains as of the end of each academic year or other comparable period for attendance at the public post-secondary technical institute, a cumulative higher education grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale or its equivalent. The maintenance of this required grade point average shall be verified by the college or university or technical institute attended.
(3) Earns not less than twenty-four hours total credit during the fall, winter, and spring terms of the preceding award year at an institution which requires twelve semester hours or eight quarter hours as the minimum for full-time undergraduate status, unless granted an exception for cause by the administering agency of the program.
Added by Acts 1992, No. 1085, §1, eff. July 14, 1992. Amended by Acts 1993, No. 255, §1, eff. June 2, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 714, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1283, §1, eff. July 15, 1997.