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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="18-2503" title_number="18" title_name="Student Financial Assistance" subtitle_number="25" subtitle_name="Hope for Nontraditional Students -- 2+2 Transfer Scholarship Program">
  <text>To qualify for a 2+2 Transfer Scholarship, an applicant shall:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Be a resident of the State;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Be a student at a community college in the State;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Maintain a cumulative 2.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale while a student at a community college in the State;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>Have earned an associate’s degree from a community college in the State by the end of the semester in which the applicant plans to transfer;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>Be accepted for admission in a degree program at a public senior higher education institution or a private nonprofit institution of higher education in the State;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>Intend to enroll in a public senior higher education institution or a private nonprofit institution of higher education in the State in order to complete a bachelor’s degree program;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>On or after the fall semester of 2014, enroll as a full–time student in a public senior higher education institution or a private nonprofit institution of higher education in the State by the fall semester following completion of the associate’s degree;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>In the case of an individual who is required to register with the Selective Service System, have complied with the registration requirement;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="9">
    <text>Have completed the federal Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA);</text>
  </level>
  <level label="10">
    <text>Have demonstrated financial need, defined by the Commission; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="11">
    <text>Accept any other conditions or satisfy any additional criteria that the Commission or the Office may establish.</text>
  </level>
</section>
