R765-621-5. Initial and Continuing Eligibility

  5.1. Applicants must declare their intent to earn a degree in an approved program and to teach in a Utah public school after graduation.

  5.2. Award recipients must maintain satisfactory academic progress in accordance with their institution's policies.

  5.3. A recipient must make reasonable progress to meet institutional criteria for admission to an approved program. Once admitted to an approved program a recipient must maintain reasonable progress towards completion of an approved program.

  5.4. Recipients transferring to another eligible institution will retain an award if they continue to meet criteria established for recipients at the receiving institution.

  5.5. After no more than four semesters of full-time, or eight semesters of part-time postsecondary course work, a recipient must apply and be accepted into an approved program at an eligible institution.

  5.6. A recipient who has not been accepted into an approved program at an eligible institution may be granted a temporary deferment of an award for up to two years while seeking acceptance into an approved program.

  5.7. After providing a recipient notice and an opportunity to respond, an institution may rescind a recipient's scholarship if the dean of education or the director of financial aid determines the recipient:

  5.7.1. is failing to make reasonable progress toward completion of program requirements, or

  5.7.2. has demonstrated to a reasonable certainty that he or she does not intend to teach at a public school in Utah after graduation.

  5.8. Appeals. Upon request by the student, the institution shall provide an opportunity for the student to appeal a dean or director's determination to rescind the scholarship to a committee of at least three impartial persons.

  5.9. Leaves of Absence. A recipient may seek leave of absence from attending an institution in accordance with applicable deferral policies at a corresponding eligible institution.