- (1) Grants established under ORS 348.260 shall be awarded by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission in the manner provided in this section.
- (2) Persons interested in obtaining a grant established under ORS 348.260 may apply to the commission for a grant.
(3) The commission shall screen or cause to be screened the applications and shall determine for each available grant the person best qualified to receive that grant. A qualified applicant is eligible to receive a grant established under ORS 348.260 if:
- (a) The applicant’s financial need is such that in the opinion of the commission financial aid is warranted; and
- (b) The applicant plans to be a student at the eligible post-secondary institution where the grant is to be used.
- (4) The commission shall not discriminate for or against any applicant for a grant.
- (5) Nothing in this section or ORS 348.260, 348.505 to 348.615, 348.696 or 348.992 shall be construed to require any institution to admit a grant recipient or to attempt to control or influence the policies of the institution.
- (6) Whenever funds are not available to award grants to all qualified students, the commission may give priority to applicants who are or plan to be full-time students at the eligible post-secondary institution where the grant is to be used. A student shall be considered to be a full-time student if the combination of credit hours at more than one eligible post-secondary institution equals full-time attendance, according to the institution disbursing the grant funds.
- (7) As used in this section, “discriminate” has the meaning given “discrimination” in ORS 659.850.
[Formerly 351.630; 1973 c.721 §3; 1977 c.725 §4; 1993 c.45 §286; 1997 c.203 §1; 1997 c.524 §4; 2001 c.321 §4; 2010 c.20 §1; 2011 c.637 §147; 2013 c.747 §89; 2015 c.513 §15; 2017 c.66 §33; 2024 c.95 §16]