# Title 42 — Indian Scholarships, Board for

## Article 42-02 — North Dakota Native American Scholarship Rules

## Chapter 42-02-03 — Scholarship Awards

### § 42-02-03-01. Award amounts.

1. Criteria used in determining award amounts are availability of funds, total number of eligible
applicants, and career level of applicants.
2. Award amounts must be set by the board each academic year.
3. The award amount may be reduced to accord with an individual recipient's financial need.
4. Awards may not exceed total cost of attendance, as determined by the institution, when
considering all financial aid sources, for need-based and merit-based recipients.
5. Awards may not exceed one thousand dollars per semester, or six hundred sixty-seven dollars
per quarter or clock-hour term, up to a maximum of two thousand dollars per academic year
per student.
6. The award year may include the fall term, spring term, winter term, and summer term as a
trailer.
History: Effective February 1, 2000; amended effective January 1, 2018; April 1. 2024.
General Authority: NDCC 15-63-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 15-63-02
### § 42-02-03-02. Policy for a student who declines an initial offer of scholarship award.

Repealed effective January 1, 2018.
### § 42-02-03-03. Enrollment verification and payment.

1. Funds will be disbursed to the enrolling institution for eligible students upon verification of
eligibility each academic term.
2. Payment may be made to students enrolled full time or to part-time enrolled students on a
prorated basis.
3. Full-time enrollment is defined as twelve semester hours for undergraduate students and nine
semester hours for graduate students or an equivalent number of quarter or clock hours. No
awards will be provided for enrollment in fewer than three credits or the equivalent for quarter
or clock hours.
4. Scholarship funds may be used for tuition, fees, housing and food, books, supplies, course
materials and equipment, and other educational-related expenses. Scholarship funds must not
exceed the total cost of attendance when all other aid sources are taken into consideration.
5. An enrolling institution shall disburse funds to the student's account in a timely manner.
Excess funds must be issued to the student after the enrolling institution has deducted the
amount due to the institution.

6. Credits used to determine a student's eligibility may include credits from another institution
(host institution), provided a collaborative or consortium agreement, or similar agreement, is in
place with the degree or certificate-granting institution (home institution). The agreement must
provide for a full transfer of the credits back to the home institution upon completion of class at
the host institution.
7. A student in a study abroad class must be enrolled in credits at the home institution or have an
agreement in place for the credits to be counted toward eligibility at the home institution.
History: Effective February 1, 2000; amended effective August 1, 2000; January 1, 2018; April 1, 2024.
General Authority: NDCC 15-63-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 15-63-02, 15-63-05
