2013 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10a - State System of Higher Education
Chapter 186 - State Financial Assistance
Section 10a-170s - Selection of academic scholarship graduate student loan recipients; maintenance of eligibility. Amount of loan awards.

Loan candidates for the academic scholarship graduate student loan program shall make application to the president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education on such forms and at such time as prescribed by said president. Loan recipients shall be selected by the president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education, who shall consider affirmative action and equal opportunity goals when making such selections. In the event the number of applicants is in excess of the number of loans available, academic standing and financial need may be considered by the president in selecting loan recipients. Loans under this program shall be in an amount not greater than five thousand dollars per year for one year for recipients attending independent colleges and universities and not greater than three thousand dollars per year for one year for recipients attending public colleges and universities. In order to maintain eligible status under this loan program, each recipient shall continue to be enrolled full time in an accredited college or university and shall demonstrate compliance with the academic standards established by the president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education. No student shall receive the proceeds of a loan until he has submitted a letter from an accredited college or university certifying the appropriate enrollment status pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10a-170r.

(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 86-1, S. 36, 58; P.A. 11-48, S. 285.)

History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Commissioner of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education”, effective July 1, 2011.