TOPS Billing and Enrollment for Less Than Full-Time

LOUISIANA STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
OFFICE OF STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) Bulletin
TOPS BULLETIN NUMBER:
T2000-05
DATE ISSUED:
March 17, 2000
EFFECTIVE DATE:
As Indicated
DISTRIBUTION: Louisiana College and University, Technical College, and LAICU Chancellors, Financial Aid Offices, and Business Offices, System Governance, Board of Regents, Department of Education, Louisiana Officials, and Commission Members
TOPIC: TOPS Billing and Enrollment for Less Than Full-Time 

To assure that your Scholarship and Grant Policy and Procedure Manual remains current, please record this document on your TOPS Bulletin index and retain it with your manual.

 

1.        TOPS Rules §2103.E.10. , Transfer/Graduation Part Time, defines the conditions and actions necessary for a student to apply directly to
           LOSFA for permission to enroll for less than full-time enrollment. Students not meeting the criteria outlined in item #2 below must apply
           directly to LOSFA for permission to enroll for less than full-time enrollment.

2.        TOPS Rules §2103.C. and 2107.C., Less Than Full-Time Attendance, authorize institutions to bill LOSFA for tuition and stipend for
           students who are enrolled for less than full-time under the following situations:

3.         Verification for item #2 above should include written verification of the student’s status by an appropriate institutional official. This
            documentation should be retained by the institution.

4.         Students for whom institutions have submitted billings under the provisions of items #2 and #3 above are termed Program Full-Time.

5.         In order to meet renewal processing requirements, institutions must forward a list of all students for whom Program Full-Time billings
            have been submitted.

6.         Utilize the Attached PROGRAM FULL- TIME LISTING form, or a comparable computer-generated facsimile, one page for each term
            reported, to submit the list requested in item #5, above.

7.         Deadline for LOSFA receipt of the PROGRAM FULL -TIME listing for the 1999-2000 Academic Year (1S2000, 2S2000, 1T2000,
            2T2000, 3T2000) is APRIL 15, 2000.

Questions concerning the above should be directed to John Bell, TOPS Awards Manager,

attachment: PROGRAM FULL-TIME LISTING form

 

 

LOUISIANA OFFICE OF STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
TUITION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS (TOPS)
1999-2000 AWARD YEAR PROGRAM FULL-TIME LISTING

INSTITUTION: ______________________________ INSTITUTION NUMBER: ______________________

              TERM: _____________________                                                     DATE:_______________________

SSN:

LAST NAME:

FIRST NAME:

MAJOR

HOURS
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