Sec. 10a-17b. Help and Opportunity to Pursue Education (HOPE) program. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 10a-17b. Help and Opportunity to Pursue Education (HOPE) program. (a) The Department of Higher Education may, within the limits of available appropriations, administer a Help and Opportunity to Pursue Education (HOPE) program to assist public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations which encourage and provide tutoring for eligible students to maintain satisfactory academic progress in elementary and secondary schools, to enroll in a postsecondary institution of higher education and to graduate from such institution.

      (b) "Eligible student" means a student who: (1) Is from a family that is at or below one hundred thirty per cent of the federal poverty level; (2) is a resident of Connecticut and has a parent or guardian who is domiciled in this state; and (3) is enrolled as a seventh-grade student in a Connecticut public or independent nonprofit school. Eligible students maintain their eligibility (A) by maintaining continuous residency in Connecticut and continuous enrollment in a Connecticut public or independent nonprofit school from seventh grade through graduation from secondary school, (B) by enrolling as a full-time student at a public or independent institution of higher education in Connecticut, and (C) by retaining good academic standing and full-time status as defined by the Department of Higher Education.

      (May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6, S. 18, 28.)

      History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6 effective July 1, 1994.