LOUISIANA
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
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TOPS BULLETIN NUMBER: |
T2000-24 |
DATE ISSUED: |
September 21, 2000 |
EFFECTIVE DATE: |
As Indicated |
| DISTRIBUTION: | Louisiana High School Principals and Counselors, City and Parish School Board Presidents, School Board Superintendents, College and University, Technical College and LAICU Chancellors, Financial Aid Offices, Business Offices, and Auditors, System Governance, Board of Regents, Department of Education, Louisiana Officials, Louisiana Legislators, and Commission Members |
| TOPIC: | Correction to TOPS Bulletin T2000-22 - TOPS SAT Scores |
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.
TOPS Bulletin T2000-22 furnished you with revisions to (Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 28, Part IV), one of which provided that students must request the College Board to report their SAT scores electronically to LOSFA. Please note that a typographical error was made on the bulletin. It should have stated that the score must be electronically reported within 45 days of the final test date allowed by Section 509, the section which addresses the college test deadline. The corrected text follows:
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Chapter 5. Application; Application Deadlines and Proof of Compliance
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ยง509. American College Test (ACT) Testing Deadline
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B. The student may substitute an equivalent score, as determined by the comparison tables used by LASFAC, on an equivalent Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) taken on or before the official April test date in the Academic Year (High School) in which the student graduates. In order to substitute a SAT score, the student must direct the College Board to send the score to LOSFA so that the score is electronically reported to LOSFA by the College Board within 45 days of the final test date allowed by Section 509. SAT scores received in any other manner shall not be considered.
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The full compilation of TOPS rules with all changes incorporated to date may be viewed on our website at http://www.osfa.state.la.us.
*Words in struck through
type are deletions from the existing rules; words underscored are
additions.