OAR 575-105-0005: Student Eligibility

(1) The purpose of the Oregon Tribal Student Grant is for the Commission to provide grants to offset the cost of attendance to any qualified student who meets all of the following criteria: (a) Is an enrolled member of an Oregon federally recognized tribe as defined under ORS 182.162. (b) Completes the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or an Oregon-recognized equivalent form. (c) Accepts any state and federal educational grant and scholarship aid available to such student. (d) Has not achieved a degree or credential equivalent to or higher than that issued by a program into which such student seeks to enroll. (e) Be enrolled at an eligible institution; (A) be in academic good standing; and (B) be enrolled at a minimum of half-time enrollment in a Federal Title IV eligible program or curriculum designed to lead to a certificate of completion, or degree program as defined by the Commission by rule. (2) No student shall receive a grant for more than the equivalent of 5 years of full-time enrollment at the undergraduate level. And no more than the equivalent of 3 years of full-time enrollment at the graduate level. (a) Maximum timeframe eligibility for a grant for an undergraduate and graduate student shall not be reduced or restricted on the basis of a student’s credits earned prior to participation in the grant. (b) Maximum timeframe eligibility for a grant for a graduate student shall not be reduced or restricted on the basis of a student’s eligibility or participation in the program at the undergraduate level. (3) No Oregon Tribal Student Grant shall be made to any student enrolled in a course of study required for and leading to a degree in theology, divinity, or religious education.