1. (a) A qualified applicant in the Scholars in Education Award Program shall be a bona fide domiciliary of this Commonwealth for at least 12 months immediately preceding the date the applicant completes the teaching commitment letter who meets the requirements established by the Agency and who intends to have as his principal assignment—that is, no less than 50% of the normal teaching load—the teaching of science or mathematics at an approved Commonwealth school commencing with the school year immediately following receipt of the baccalaureate degree. For purposes of the Scholars in Education Award Program, science means the physical or biological sciences. A qualified applicant in the Scholars in Education Award Program shall be in one of the following categories:

   1. (1) Category I—A high school senior or high school graduate who intends to enroll, or a first-year student currently enrolled, at an eligible institution on a full-time basis in a baccalaureate degree program leading to State certification to teach science or mathematics in a Commonwealth school.
   2. (2) Category II—A second- or third-year student who is currently enrolled as a full-time undergraduate at an eligible institution who is in a baccalaureate degree program leading to State certification to teach science or mathematics in a Commonwealth school.
2. (b) A qualified applicant in the Loan Forgiveness Program shall be a recipient of a 4-year degree with certification in mathematics or science who is a first-year teacher in 1983 or later teaching science or mathematics who meets the requirements established by the Agency. The applicant shall have as his principal assignment—that is, no less than 50% of the normal teaching load—the teaching of science or mathematics at an approved Commonwealth school and shall have borrowed through the PHEAA-administered Stafford Loan Program or another educational loan program approved by the Agency. For purposes of the Loan Forgiveness Program, science means the physical or biological sciences.

Source

The provisions of this § 121.152 adopted February 10, 1984, effective February 11, 1984, 14 Pa.B. 442; amended June 7, 1985, effective June 8, 1985, 15 Pa.B. 2101; amended November 1, 1985, effective November 2, 1985, 15 Pa.B. 3933; amended August 24, 1990, effective August 25, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 4483. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (121711) to (121712).

Notes of Decisions

Qualified Applicant

The Higher Education Assistance Agency’s determination, that guidance counselors, psychologists and school nurses were not ‘‘qualified applicants’’ eligible for a reduction in educational loan amounts, was not erroneous. Cherry v. Higher Education Assistance Agency, 620 A.2d 687 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1993); appeal granted 626 A.2d 1159 (Pa. 1993); order affirmed 642 A.2d 463 (Pa. 1994).