Section 80. Undergraduate eligibility criteria for an initial award

Article 2. Commonwealth Awards

In order to participate, an undergraduate student shall:

1. Be enrolled for at least half-time study as of the term's census date;

2. Be a domiciliary resident of Virginia;

3. Be a United States citizen or eligible noncitizen as described in § 23-7.4 of the Code of Virginia and augmented by the Domicile Guidelines;

4. Demonstrate financial need for federal Title IV financial aid purposes; and

5. Have complied with federal selective service registration requirements, unless the following apply:

a. The requirement to register has terminated or become inapplicable to the student; and

b. The student shows by preponderance of the evidence that failure to register was not a knowing and willful failure to register.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 31, Issue 18, eff. July 1, 2015.

Statutory Authority

§ 23-38.53:4 of the Code of Virginia.