R945-1-6. Conditions and Utilization of Scholarship

  (1) Eligibility Verification: Before applying funds for a scholarship awarded in Subsection R945-1-5(2) to a student, a technical college shall verify that all award requirements in Section R945-1-3 have been met by obtaining and retaining additional documentation of actual qualifications which at the time of application were expected or intended to have been met.

  (2) Use of Funds: Scholarship funds may be used only for tuition, program fees, and required textbooks in a high demand program in which the recipient is enrolled, up to the recipient's award amount determined in Subsection R945-1-5(3). Funds shall be applied by the college directly to authorized costs and shall not be issued to a recipient in cash.

  (3) Time Limitation: Except in the case of a granted deferral, a technical college may only apply a scholarship toward a recipient's costs described in Subsection R945-1-6(2) from the day on which the college awards the scholarship as identified in Subsection R945-1-5(2) until 12 months after the day on which the recipient graduates from high school.

  (4) Deferral: A college may, by request from the recipient at any time before or during the recipient's award period, defer all or any portion of a scholarship for up to three years after the day on which the recipient graduates from high school.

  (a) Deferrals may be granted at the discretion of the college for military service, humanitarian/religious service, documented medical reasons, or other exigent reasons.

  (b) The duration of a deferred scholarship shall be for the time remaining in the recipient's award period, not to exceed 12 months.

  (5) Cancellation: A technical college may cancel a scholarship if the recipient does not, as determined by the college:

  (a) Maintain enrollment in the college on at least a half-time basis; or

  (b) Make satisfactory progress toward the completion of a certificate in a high demand program.

  (6) Unused Funds: Upon termination of a recipient's scholarship due to non-acceptance, completion, cancellation, or any other reason, any unused award amounts shall be removed from liability/obligated status under Subsection R945-1-7(4) and retained in the college's restricted UTech Scholarship account.