[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR654.40]



[Page 348-349]

 

                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 654_ROBERT C. BYRD HONORS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

  Subpart E_How Does an SEA Select an Eligible Student To Be a Scholar?

 

Sec. 654.40  Who is an eligible student?





    A student is eligible to be selected as a scholar if he or she--

    (a) Is a legal resident of the State to which he or she is applying 

for a scholarship;

    (b)(1) Is a U.S. citizen or national;

    (2) Provides evidence from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization 

Service that he or she--

    (i) Is a permanent resident of the United States; or

    (ii) Is in the United States for other than a temporary purpose with 

the intention of becoming a citizen or permanent resident; or

    (3) Is a permanent resident of the Trust Territory of the Pacific 

Islands (Palau);

    (c) Becomes a high school graduate in the same secondary school year 

in which he or she submits the scholarship application;



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    (d) Has applied or been accepted for enrollment as a full-time 

student at an institution of higher education;

    (e) Is not ineligible to receive assistance as a result of default 

on a Federal student loan or other obligation, as provided under 34 CFR 

75.60; and

    (f) Files a Statement of Selective Service Registration Status, in 

accordance with the provisions of 34 CFR 668.33 of the Student 

Assistance General Provisions regulations, with the institution he or 

she plans to attend or is attending.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070d-36, 50 U.S.C. App. 462, 20 U.S.C. 1091)