Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12505 – Eligibility requirements
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1. Eligibility for loans for undergraduate education. An Educators for Maine loan recipient must be an undergraduate at an institution of higher education.
[PL 2019, c. 303, §7 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12505
- Academic achievement: means earning a grade point average of 3. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A
- Authority: means the Finance Authority of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A
- Child care: means a regular service of care and protection provided for compensation for any part of a day less than 24 hours to a child or children under 13 years of age whose parents work outside the home, attend an educational program or are otherwise unable to care for their children. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A
- Institution of higher education: means an institution of higher education located within this State, another state or a foreign country that meets the requirements of and conforms to the definitions contained in the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 20 United States Code § 1001(a) and the regulations, guidelines and procedures promulgated by the Secretary of Education pursuant to these sections of the law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A
- Student pursuing postbaccalaureate certification: means a student who has earned a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent and is pursuing a program of study leading to certification as a teacher or speech pathologist or to the attainment of child care provider qualifications. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A
- Undergraduate: means an individual who has not been awarded any baccalaureate degree and who is currently enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a full-time student at an institution of higher education, including a graduating high school senior. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 12501-A
2. Eligibility for graduate study or continuing education loans.
[PL 2003, c. 427, §7 (RP).]
3. Eligibility for postbaccalaureate certification. A loan to a student pursuing postbaccalaureate certification may be given only to a resident of the State who has shown academic achievement, who has a baccalaureate degree, who is pursuing a course of study that will lead to certification as a teacher, to licensure as a speech pathologist or to attainment of child care provider qualifications and who has met other eligibility criteria established by rule of the authority.
[PL 2003, c. 427, §8 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 859, §§F1,F2 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 414, §23 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 698, §35 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 553, §6 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 117, §E8 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 117, §E13 (AFF). PL 1999, c. 441, §9 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 427, §§6-8 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 303, §7 (AMD).