§ 602 — Duties of the commissioner

§ 602. Duties of the commissioner. 1. Selection and certification of\nacademic performance award recipients. (a) The commissioner shall select\nthe qualified recipients of academic performance awards, from among\ncandidates who meet and exceed the minimum eligibility requirements, in\norder of merit on the basis of such combination of test scores, academic\nrecords, and personal qualifications as the commissioner deems\nappropriate. If awards are allocated on the basis of geographic or\npolitical units in the state, and if for any reason there is an\ninsufficient number of qualified applicants in any unit, the remaining\nnumber of awards in such unit shall be allocated to the best qualified\napplicants in the entire state. No person shall be eligible to receive\nan academic performance award under this article who fails to achieve\nthe minimum standard of test scores, academic record, or, in the\njudgment of the commissioner, personal qualifications necessary to\ndemonstrate promise of successful completion of the program for which\nthe award is made; (b) The commissioner shall certify to the president\nthose students eligible to receive academic performance awards.\n 2. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations defining the\nfollowing terms by which the president can determine a student's\neligibility for student aid and loan programs: (a) full-time study or\nattendance; (b) part-time study or attendance; (c) full-time and\npart-time accelerated study beyond the regular program of study for the\nacademic year; (d) permissible use of general and academic performance\nawards; (e) matriculation; and (f) loss of good academic standing.\n 3. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations by which the\npresident shall determine whether a student has entered an approved\nprogram during the academic year prior to the normal effective date of\nthe student's award.\n 4. If any person because of administrative error or inadvertency\nshould fail to receive an academic performance award which he would\notherwise be entitled to receive, the commissioner may certify such\nperson to the president as eligible to receive such award without regard\nto the total number of such awards authorized under this article, and\npayments shall be made thereon out of moneys available in the same\nmanner as other academic performance awards are paid.\n