Pennsylvania Administrative Code

§ 121.301. Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: Agricultural products—Crops, livestock and livestock products, and commodities, including: (i) Field crops, including …

§ 121.302. Application of existing Agency regulations. The following higher education grant regulations contained in Subchapters A and B (relating to general provisions; and the State Higher Education Grant Program) apply to applicants in the Agriculture Education Loan Forgivenes…

§ 121.303. Qualified applicant. A qualified applicant in the Agriculture Education Loan Forgiveness Program shall be a person who meets the following requirements. The person: (1) Is a resident of this Commonwealth. (2) Holds a degree in a field related to the production of agric…

§ 121.304. Loan forgiveness. Qualified applicants who are selected for the Agriculture Education Loan Forgiveness Program in accordance with the policies established by the Agency shall be eligible for payment by the Agency of the PHEAA-approved indebtedness in the Agency-adminis…

§ 121.305. Employment verification. Qualified applicants selected for the Agriculture Education Loan Forgiveness Program shall be required to submit documentation the Agency may require as proof that the individual has spent at least 35 hours per week working full time on a famil…

§ 121.306. Eligible place of employment. For the purposes of the Agriculture Education Loan Forgiveness Program, a family farm shall be the real property of a farm owned by members of an immediate family or by a family farm corporation used for the production, for commercial purp…

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS § 121.31. Approved institutions in Federal Stafford Loan and Federal PLUS Loan Programs. (a) To be approved, an institution shall comply with the following: (1) The institution shall be approved by the United States Secretary of Education as an eligible i…

§ 121.32. Approved institution in higher education grant program. (a) To be eligible for a State higher education grant, an applicant shall enroll in a program approved under § 121.33 (relating to approved program of study in higher education grant program) and shall attend an in…

§ 121.33. Approved program of study in higher education grant program. To be eligible for a State higher education grant, an applicant shall enroll in a program of study approved by the Agency and offered by an institution approved by the Agency under § 121.32 (relating to approv…

§ 121.34. Institutional appeals and hearings (for other than the Federal Family Education Loan Programs). (a) If the President and Chief Executive Officer suspends the processing of student aid request forms for students at an approved institution or ceases disbursement of funds …

§ 121.35. Payment of interest on Federal Stafford Loans and Federal PLUS Loans. (a) The Agency will require an educational institution to repay to the appropriate lending institution the interest that has accrued on Federal Stafford Loan or Federal PLUS Loan funds under the follo…

§ 121.4. Denial of eligibility to loan defaulters. (a) A higher education applicant who has defaulted on an educational loan guaranteed or reinsured by the Federal government, the government of any state or institution is ineligible for an award or a disbursement of funds unless …

§ 121.401. Application of existing agency regulations. (a) The following higher education grant sections contained in Subchapter A (relating to general provisions) apply to applicants in the Early Childhood Education Professional Loan Forgiveness Program: (1) Section 121.1 (relat…

§ 121.402. Qualified applicant. A qualified applicant in the Early Childhood Education Loan Forgiveness Program is a person who meets the following requirements: (1) Has successfully completed an undergraduate program at an accredited college or university. (2) Has a bachelor’s d…

§ 121.403. Loan forgiveness. Qualified applicants who are selected for the program in accordance with the Early Childhood Loan Forgiveness Act (24 P. S. § § 7101—7106) are eligible for payment by the Agency of a portion of the debt incurred by the applicant through the Agency-adm…

§ 121.404. Employment. An applicant selected for the Early Childhood Education Professional Loan Forgiveness Program is required to submit documentation the Agency may require as proof that those child-care professionals are working as full-time professionals in approved child-ca…

§ 121.405. Approved child-care facility. An “approved child-care facility” is defined as a child day-care center or group day-care home located in this Commonwealth which is subject to and in compliance with 55 Pa. Code (relating to public welfare).

§ 121.406. Lottery. (a) Loan forgiveness awards shall be made to the extent that funds are appropriated by the General Assembly and are sufficient to cover administration of the program. If funding is insufficient to fully fund administration and eligible applicants, the Agency s…

§ 121.41. Grouping of applicants. Higher education grant applicants shall be grouped into the following categories: (1) Group I. A roster of the top 5,000 prospective freshmen applicants—without breaking ties—listed in descending order by composite score on college entrance exami…

§ 121.42. Submission of applications. (a) Applications will be considered only if submitted on or prior to the deadline date announced by the Agency for each group specified in § 121.41 (relating to grouping of applicants). Applications will be accepted after the established dead…

§ 121.43. Processing applications. Upon receipt of an application and the required family financial data as specified in § 121.44 (relating to required family financial data), the Agency will review the application form for completeness. Where the form is found to be incomplete, …

§ 121.44. Required family financial data. (a) General. The applicant, the applicant’s parents and stepparents, and the applicant’s spouse shall submit financial data that the Agency requests and, further, shall be required to authorize the Director of the State Personal Income Ta…

§ 121.45. Amount of higher education grant awards. The amount of the higher education grant to an applicant will be determined on the basis of the financial need of the applicant, the funds available for higher education grants, and the number of eligible applicants for higher ed…

§ 121.46. Determination of financial need. (a) Financial need of applicants will be determined according to the need analysis procedures established annually by the Agency. (b) Financial need will be computed as the arithmetical difference between the Agency-approved educational …

§ 121.47. State Higher Education Grant Program Manual. (a) The Agency will publish annually a State Higher Education Grant Program Manual containing: (1) Current financial need analysis procedures established by the Agency. (2) A list of approved colleges, universities and hospit…

§ 121.48. Limitation on payment of grants. The Agency will not make payment of, or further payment on, an existing State higher education grant on the basis of an inquiry or request received after August 1 of the calendar year immediately following the academic year for which the…

§ 121.49. Duration of State higher education grants. (a) State higher education grants are awarded for undergraduate school study and student eligibility shall terminate with the receipt of the baccalaureate degree or 4 undergraduate academic year State higher education grants, w…

§ 121.5. Enrollment. To be eligible for a State higher education grant, a student shall be or be about to be enrolled in an approved institution of higher learning on at least a half-time basis. In addition, the President and Chief Executive Officer may treat students as full-tim…

§ 121.50. Disbursement of State higher education grants. (a) Payments on behalf of students of their State higher education grants to institutions on a semester or trimester calendar shall be made twice during the academic year in an amount equal to 1/2 of the annual grant. Simil…

§ 121.51. Refund of State higher education grants. (a) Whenever a recipient withdraws, is expelled, is suspended, or otherwise fails to successfully complete a term, refund of any payment on the recipient’s State higher education grant shall be made to the Agency in accordance wi…

§ 121.52. Transferring an award. A recipient may not transfer his award to a nonapproved institution or course of study. Authority The provisions of this § 121.52 amended under the act of August 7, 1963 (P. L. 549, No. 290) (24 P. S. § 5104); sections 1 and 6(e) of the act of Jan…

§ 121.53. Forfeiture of award. (a) A recipient who fails to enroll in a term of the academic year for which the award was granted must request a deferment from the Agency. Where a request for deferment is received from the student subsequent to the Agency’s cancellation for nonen…

§ 121.54. Deferment of award. The Agency may approve a request for deferment of an award for one academic term at a time. An award may not be deferred beyond July 1 of any year. Cross References This section cited in 22 Pa. Code § 121.151 (relating to application of existing Agen…

§ 121.55. Recipients on probation. A recipient on academic or disciplinary probation shall remain eligible for a higher education grant if the institution of higher learning permits him to continue his studies on at least a half-time basis and he is making satisfactory academic p…

§ 121.56. Year abroad program. A recipient shall be eligible to receive an award for a Year Abroad Program which shall provide the recipient with equivalent credit for the academic terms involved in the program as the recipient would earn at the approved institution of higher lea…

§ 121.57. Higher education grant domicile. (a) A student applicant who is under 18 years of age at the time he makes application for a State higher education grant or to renew a higher education grant shall have a supporting parent or guardian who has been a bona fide domiciliary…

§ 121.58. Academic progress. (a) A higher education grant recipient must make normal academic progress, as defined in the State Higher Education Grant Program Manual, from year to year to retain higher education grant eligibility. (b) The Agency will make the final decision in al…

§ 121.59. Error rate policy. (a) The staff of the Agency will extract a random sample of all accounts at an institution that is undergoing a review of its program administration. Institutions will then be categorized according to their error rate in administration of State grants…

§ 121.6. Denial of eligibility for financial assistance. (a) To be eligible for a State higher education grant, a student applicant or recipient shall have and maintain satisfactory character. In determining whether an applicant or recipient has satisfactory character, the Agency…

§ 121.61. Submission and processing of applications. (a) Applicant. A student desiring to secure a Federal Stafford Loan shall obtain from a participating lender, a participating school or Agency a loan application packet containing the application/promissory note form for the Fe…

§ 121.62. Lender eligibility. A bank, Federal or State savings and loan association, mutual savings bank, Federal or State credit union or other lender, approved by the United States Secretary of Education and by the Agency which executes a Lender Participation Agreement with the…

§ 121.64. Loan insurance premium. A student borrower shall, at the option of the Agency, pay to the lender, at the time the student borrower obtains the loan, a loan insurance premium calculated as a percentage of the loan guaranty amount. The percentage used may not exceed the r…

§ 121.65. Federal Stafford Loan guaranty limits. The Agency will guarantee loans to the maximum amounts specified in the following table: Additional Unsubsidized Subsidized/Eligibility Unsubsidized Loanfor Independent Students* Annual Loan Limits: 1st Year Undergraduate: Full aca…

§ 121.67. Repayment. (a) The repayment is due as follows: (1) A loan is due for repayment when the student borrower has ceased to be enrolled on at least a half-time basis at an approved school for 9 consecutive months in the case of: (i) A loan issued to a borrower for a period …

§ 121.68. Borrowers on probation. A student borrower placed on academic or disciplinary probation shall remain eligible for a State loan guaranty if the institution of higher learning permits him to continue his studies on at least a half-time basis. Source The provisions of this…

§ 121.69. Cancelled debt. The indebtedness of a borrower who dies, who becomes totally and permanently disabled, whose loans are discharged in bankruptcy, who is enrolled at an institution that closes or who has his eligibility to borrow falsely certified by the institution, shal…

§ 121.7. Notice of denial and preliminary review procedures. (a) If the Agency staff determines that eligibility for financial assistance should be denied, the applicant or recipient shall be notified in writing of the determination, the grounds therefor, and his right to appeal …