[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR654.51]

[Page 360-361]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
             CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION,
                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 654--ROBERT C. BYRD HONORS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart F--How Does a Scholar Receive Scholarship Payments?
 
Sec. 654.51  What are the continuing eligibility criteria?

    (a) A scholar continues to be eligible for scholarship funds as long 
as the scholar continues to--
    (1) Meet the eligibility requirements in Sec. 654.40(b), (e), and 
(f);
    (2) Be enrolled as a full-time student at an institution of higher 
education except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section; and
    (3) Maintain satisfactory progress as determined by the institution 
of higher education the scholar is attending, in accordance with the 
criteria established in 34 CFR 668.14(e) of the Student Assistance 
General Provisions regulations.
    (b) In order to be eligible for scholarship funds, a scholar must be 
enrolled full time for the first year of study. If after the first year 
of study, the SEA determines that unusual circumstances justify waiver 
of the full-time attendance requirement, the scholar may enroll part 
time and continue to receive a scholarship payment. The SEA shall 
prorate the payment according to the scholar's enrollment status for the 
academic period during which he or she continues to be enrolled on a 
part-time basis but remains otherwise eligible for

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the award. For example, if a scholar for whom the full-time enrollment 
requirement is waived by the SEA is enrolled as a half-time student for 
one semester, he or she is eligible to receive one-quarter of his or her 
scholarship during that semester.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070d-33, 1070d-36)