| (a) In the event of a hardship or for other good cause
as determined by the eligible institution, the Program Officer at
the institution may allow an otherwise eligible Scholar to receive
a scholarship:
(1) While enrolled in fewer semester credit hours than
required in §22.288 of this subchapter (relating to Eligible
Students);
(2) If the Scholar fails to meet the satisfactory academic
progress requirements of §22.288 of this subchapter; or
(3) If the scholar requires an extension of the limits
found in §22.294(b) of this subchapter (relating to Discontinuation
of Eligibility or Non-Eligibility) to complete his or her degree.
(b) Hardship conditions may include:
(1) Documentation of a serious health/condition that
makes the Scholar unable to attend school or complete academic study;
(2) Documentation that the Scholar is responsible for
the care of a child, spouse, or parent who has a serious health condition,
sick, injured, or and that the scholar's provision of care may affect
his or her academic performance;
(3) The birth of a child or placement of a child with
the student for adoption or foster care; or
(4) Scholar needing fewer than twelve semester credit
hours to complete Scholar's degree plan.
(c) A hardship under this section may extend for a
period of no longer than one year.
(d) Documentation of the hardship circumstances approved
for a Scholar to receive a scholarship must be kept in the Scholar's
files, and the institution must identify Scholars approved for a scholarship
based on a hardship to the Coordinating Board, so that it may appropriately
monitor each Scholar's period of eligibility.
(e) Eligible institutions shall adopt a hardship policy
under this section, share such policy with Scholars and have the policy
available in the financial aid office for public review upon request.
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