Section R7-3-301. Federal LEAP Requirements

The federal government requires that a state LEAP Program must:

1.        Be administered by a single state agency in accordance with the Federal-State Agreement under Section 1203 of the Higher Education Act, as amended. The Governor of Arizona has designated as the responsible single state agency the Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Edu- cation, which hereafter shall be referred to as the Com- mission;

2.        Award grants only to students who meet the eligibility and financial need  requirements as outlined in R7-3- 304(A) and (B);

3.        Provide grants which do not exceed $5,000 per program year for a full-time student enrolled in an eligible pro- gram at a participating postsecondary institution;

4.        Use as state matching funds an amount which is over and above the amount the state expended for grants in the ini- tial program year of FY 1974;

5.        Provide for such fiscal control and fund accounting pro- cedures as may be necessary to assure proper disburse- ment of the accounting for federal funds paid to the state;

6.        Provide for making such reports, in such form and con- taining such information, as may be reasonably necessary to enable the U.S. Secretary of Education to perform pro- gram analysis;

7.        Provide for the payment of the state matching fund share of grants awarded from direct state appropriated funds;

8.        Provide that no payment may be made to a student under this program unless the student meets the requirements specified in R7-3-304;

9.        Obey all other United States laws and regulations apply- ing to the Federal-State Student Grant Program;

10.     Provide that all institutions of higher education in Ari- zona which meet the eligibility requirements of R7-3-302 shall be eligible to participate in the program;

11.     Provide that state expenditures shall not be less than:

a.        The average annual aggregate expenditures for the preceding three years; or

b.        The average annual expenditure per full-time equiv- alent student for those years.

12.     Provides assurances that all LEAP grants will be awarded without regard to sex, race, debilitating condition, creed, or economic background.

Historical Note

Adopted effective September 19, 1996, under an exemp- tion from the Administrative Procedure Act pursuant to

A.R.S. § 15-1852(C) (Supp. 96-3). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 5 A.A.R. 2046, effective June 1, 1999

(Supp. 99-2).