Transient Students

(1) A transient student is eligible to receive a TELS award if all other eligibility requirements are met and if both the home and host institutions are eligible postsecondary institutions. (2) Each eligible postsecondary institution shall develop a process to effectuate each provision of this rule and shall notify its students of the process and the availability of the necessary forms to comply with the requirements. At the end of the semester, the host institution shall provide the student’s home institution with all information necessary for the home institution to determine continued TELS award eligibility. (3) If the home institution chooses to certify the transient student to TSAC for payment of the HOPE Scholarship, the home institution shall certify the student at the award amount designated to the eligible postsecondary institution the student is attending. (4) If, through collaboration with the home institution, the host institution chooses to certify the transient student to TSAC for payment of the HOPE Scholarship, the host institution shall certify the student at the award amount designated to the eligible postsecondary institution the student is attending. (5) If the host institution chooses not to certify the transient student to TSAC for payment of the HOPE Scholarship, the home institution shall certify the student at the award amount designated to the eligible postsecondary institution the student is attending. (6) If the eligible student is concurrently enrolled at the home institution and a host institution, then the home institution shall certify the student at the award amount of the home institution.