Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Scholarship Program

PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the policies of the Coordinating Board for Higher Education regarding institutional and student eligibility for student financial assistance under the Dual Credit/ Dual Enrollment Scholarship program. PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The secretary of state has determined that publication of the entire text of the material that is incorporated by reference as a portion of this rule would be unduly cumbersome or expensive. This material as incorporated by reference in this rule shall be maintained by the agency at its headquarters and shall be made available to the public for inspection and copying at no more than the actual cost of reproduction. This note applies only to the reference material. The entire text of the rule is printed here. (1) Definitions. (A) Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Scholarship shall mean the scholarship program set forth in section 173.2505, RSMo. (B) Approved dual credit provider shall mean a boardapproved accredited Missouri higher education institution that provides dual credit courses as referenced in section 173.2500, RSMo. (C) Approved dual enrollment provider shall mean any institution as defined in section 173.1102, RSMo. (D) Award year shall be from July 1 of any year through June 30 of the following year. (E) CBHE shall mean the Coordinating Board for Higher Education created by section 173.005.2, RSMo. (F) Department shall mean the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development created by section 173.005.1, RSMo. (G) Dual credit courses shall mean college-level coursework delivered by a postsecondary educational institution and taught in a Missouri high school by instructors with appropriate academic credentials to Missouri high school students earning high school and college credit simultaneously. (H) Dual enrollment courses shall mean postsecondary courses of instruction delivered by an approved dual-enrollment provider in which a secondary school student is concurrently enrolled in a Missouri high school and the approved dualenrollment provider. (I) Eligible coursework shall mean dual-credit or dualenrollment coursework provided by an approved dual-credit or dual-enrollment provider. (J) Missouri residency, for the purpose of this rule, shall be determined by reference to the standards set forth in the determination of student residency rule, 6 CSR 10-3.010. (K) Recipient shall mean a student whose eligibility has been verified by an approved institution in accordance with subsection (2)(A) of this rule and has been paid an award. (L) Repeat coursework shall be any coursework for which the recipient has been assigned a grade under the institution’s standard grading policy, excluding coursework for which the recipient was placed in an incomplete or withdrawn status, in a previous term. (M) Student shall mean a student who is applying for, or has applied for, a Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Scholarship award. (N) Tuition and fees shall mean any charges to students classified as tuition and any institutional fees charged to all dual-credit or dual-enrollment students, excluding coursespecific fees. (2) Responsibilities of Approved Institutions. (A) Before requesting payment for a student, verify the following: 1. The student is enrolled in eligible coursework; 2. The amount of the payment request, including the number of hours in which the student is enrolled and the credit-hour rate for those hours; 3. The student is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident; and 4. The student is a Missouri resident. (B) Comply with the institutional responsibilities required in section 6 CSR 10-2.140(5), with the exception of paragraph 6 CSR 10-2.140(5)(A)5. (C) Verify all other sources of non-loan funding are applied correctly to tuition and general fees, as specified in subsection (5)(D) of this rule. (3) Eligibility Policy. (A) To qualify for an award, a student must meet the following criteria: 1. Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident; 2. Be a Missouri resident; 3. Be enrolled in eligible coursework; 4. Have an unweighted cumulative high school gradepoint average of at least two and one-half (2.5) on a four-point (4.0) scale or the equivalent and have otherwise met the high school’s requirements for taking dual-credit or dual-enrollment coursework; and 5. Meet one or more of the following indicators of economic need: A. Be individually eligible to be enrolled in a federal free or reduced-price lunch program, based on income levels established by the United States Department of Agriculture; B. Reside in a foster home; C. Be a ward of the state; D. Be homeless as defined by Subtitle VII-B of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; E. Receive through the immediate family lowincome public assistance, including but not limited to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); or F. Live in federally subsidized public housing. (4) Application and Evaluation. (A) Students must submit a completed application by the following deadlines to be considered for this scholarship: 1. The priority deadline for the fall semester (August through December) shall be October 1 and for the spring semester (January through May) shall be February 1 of the current academic year. If the deadline falls on a non-business day, the deadline shall extend to the next business day; 2. The final deadline shall be December 1 for the fall semester and April 1 for the spring semester. If the deadline falls on a non-business day, the deadline shall extend to the next business day; and 3. Students filing after the priority deadline has passed and on or before the final deadline shall be considered for payment if funds are available. (B) The department will evaluate each application to determine student eligibility. (5) Award Policy. (A) Payment shall occur each semester within one (1) award year. (B) Award amounts shall be equal to the tuition and fees paid by the student to enroll in eligible coursework. (C) Repeat high school dual-credit or dual-enrollment coursework will not be paid. (D) The payment amount must be calculated based on the remaining costs of actual tuition and fees after all other nonloan aid has been applied. (E) Payment is subject to legislative appropriation. (F) If funds are insufficient to pay all eligible students, the department will rank eligible students by earliest application received date, and will make awards according to rank order until all available funds for the semester are expended. (G) Payment will be made for dual-credit or dual-enrollment coursework taken in the fall and spring semesters, but no payments will be made for such coursework taken in summer school. (H) No payment will be made retroactive to a previous award year. (I) Payment will be made only after institutional certification of the student’s eligibility and award amount. (J) The recipient’s award will be sent to the approved institution to be delivered to the student’s account. (K) A student’s failure to provide required information by the established deadlines may result in loss of the Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Scholarship for the period covered by the deadline. (L) The CBHE has the discretion to withhold payments of any awards after initiating an inquiry into the eligibility or continued eligibility of a student or recipient. (M) A recipient may receive an award from more than one (1) approved institution in a semester or award year. (6) Information Sharing Policy. All information on an individu al’s Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Scholarship application may be shared with the financial aid office of the approved institu tion providing the individual’s dual-credit or dual-enrollment coursework to permit verification of data submitted. The de partment may share an individual’s information with federal financial aid offices, if necessary, to verify data furnished by state or federal governments as provided for in the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. sections 552 and 552a. AUTHORITY: sections 173.2500 and 173.2505, RSMo Supp. 2022.* Original rule filed Aug. 27, 2021, effective March 30, 2022. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Feb. 9, 2023, effective Aug. 30, 2023. *Original authority: 173.2500, RSMo 2016, amended 2022, and 173.2505, RSMo 2016, amended 2022.