North Dakota scholarship - Eligibility - One-time exception (Effective through July 31, 2030)
N.D. Cent. Code § 15.1-21-02.8
in effect15.1-21-02.8. North Dakota scholarship - Eligibility - One-time exception. (Effective
through July 31, 2030)
1. a. Notwithstanding section 15.1-21-02.6, if a student's cumulative grade point
average as determined by the state board of higher education at the conclusion
of a semester, quarter, or clock-hour term is below 2.75, the board shall grant an
exception and provide the North Dakota scholarship to which the student would
otherwise be entitled for the next semester, quarter, or clock-hour term in which
the student is enrolled full time. The exception provided by this section is
applicable to a student only one time.
b. If a student's cumulative grade point average as determined by the state board of
higher education at the conclusion of a semester, quarter, or clock-hour term is
below 2.75 for a second time, the student is no longer eligible to receive a North
Dakota, North Dakota academic, or North Dakota career and technical education
scholarship.
2. For purposes of scholarship eligibility under this section, "clock-hour term" has the
same meaning as the term is defined by the state board of higher education. The state
board of higher education shall determine the conversion of:
a. Clock hours to credit hours; and
b. Percentage-based grading to grade point average.
North Dakota scholarship - Eligibility - One-time exception. (Effective after July 31,
2030)
1. a. Notwithstanding section 15.1-21-02.6, if a student's cumulative grade point
average as determined by the state board of higher education at the conclusion
of a semester, quarter, or clock-hour term is below 2.75, the board shall grant an
exception and provide the North Dakota scholarship to which the student would
otherwise be entitled for the next semester, quarter, or clock-hour term in which
the student is enrolled full time. The exception provided by this section is
applicable to a student only one time.
b. If a student's cumulative grade point average as determined by the state board of
higher education at the conclusion of a semester, quarter, or clock-hour term is
below 2.75 for a second time, the student is no longer eligible to receive a North
Dakota scholarship.
2. For purposes of scholarship eligibility under this section, "clock-hour term" has the
same meaning as the term is defined by the state board of higher education. The state
board of higher education shall determine the conversion of:
a. Clock hours to credit hours; and
b. Percentage-based grading to grade point average.
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