§ 44.4. Eligible students.
(a) A bona fide domiciliary of this Commonwealth who is attending an institution which is an eligible grant applicant under § 44.3 (relating to eligible grant applicants) and who is determined to be economically and educationally disadvantaged under this section is eligible for participation in the program. To be eligible for participation, a student shall meet the following criteria. The student shall be:
(1) Economically disadvantaged by having an annual family income equal to or less than 200% of the family income level established by the United States Bureau of the Census for determining poverty status and published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services in the Federal Register. The annual family income to be used to recruit students who will enter the program on or after July 1 of every year beginning in 2001 will be provided to institutions by the Secretary by March 31 of the same year and will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin by April 15 of the same year. The Secretary’s notification under this section will comply with this chapter and will not be subject to the regulatory review procedures under section 5 of the Regulatory Review Act (71 P. S. § 745.5).
(2) Educationally disadvantaged by having a grade point average (GPA) predicted to be 2.0 or less (scale: A = 4.0). The prediction shall be based upon the criteria and formula regularly used by the institution to select students for admission. If an institution has not developed a formula for predicting a student’s GPA, the term means a student who is judged unlikely to succeed academically at the institution.
(b) Act 101 programs serve both full-time and part-time students. Full-time means that the student is carrying at least 12 credits in a semester. Part-time means that the student is carrying at least 6 credits but less than 12 credits in a semester. A participating Act 101 institution shall serve full-time students and may serve part-time students.
Source The provisions of this § 44.4 amended March 8, 1996, effective for the 1996-97 academic year, 26 Pa.B. 1060; amended January 17, 1997, effective for the 1997-98 academic year, 27 Pa.B. 323; amended February 27, 1998, effective for the 1998-99 academic year, 28 Pa.B. 1141; amended August 11, 2000, effective August 12, 2000, 30 Pa.B. 4243. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (225466).
Cross References This section cited in 22 Pa. Code § 44.8 (relating to implementation).
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