Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3414A – Maintaining eligibility
(a) To maintain continued state payment of tuition once enrolled at the institution shall meet all of the following:
(1) Make steady academic progress toward a degree, earning not less than the minimum number of hours of credit required for full-time standing in each academic year.
(2) Maintain continuous enrollment for not less than 2 semesters in each successive academic year, unless granted an exception for cause by the institution.
(3) Have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.75 calculated on a 4.0 scale at the end of the first academic year and thereafter maintain such a cumulative grade point average. The institution may grant exceptions upon appeal.
(4) The student and family shall certify that the student has not been convicted of any felony.
(5) Complete 10 hours of community service, as defined by the institution, per semester.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3414A
- Academic year: shall mean the 2 consecutive academic semesters beginning with the fall semester. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3410A
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Full-time: shall mean a minimum of 24 credit hours in each academic year. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3410A
- Institution: shall mean Delaware State University. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3410A
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) Grants made by the Inspire Scholarship Program shall not be allowed for courses or other post-secondary units repeated or taken in excess of the requirements for completion of an bachelor’s degree with the exception of those courses required by the institution for program admission.
(c) Students are eligible to participate in this program for a period not to exceed 8 continuous semesters, not including the summer semester.