HB 385 — TOPS: Provides, under specified circumstances, for repayment of a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) award (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

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rules A.A.(1) Exceptasprovidedin Paragraph(2)ofthis Subsection, astudent shall repay award amounts paid to a postsecondary education institution on his behalf if his award is suspended or canceled for failure to meet requirements for maintaining eligibility as provided in R.S.

A student shall repay award amounts paid to a postsecondary education institution on his behalf if his award is suspended or canceled for failure to meet requirements for maintaining eligibility as provided in R.S.

(2) The following students are exempt from the repayment requirement in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection:

(a) A student who initially qualified for an Honors or Excellence award.

(b) A student who enrolls during the same semester as the suspension or cancellation or the semester immediately following the suspension or cancellation at an institution under the supervision and management of the Board of Supervisors Page 1 of 4 CODING:

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385 of Community and Technical Colleges in a high-wage, high-demand program determined to be a "qualified program" as provided in R.S.

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(2) Provisionforcircumstancesunderwhichastudentshallbeexceptedfrom therepaymentrequirementinSubsectionAofthisSection.the repayment requirement in Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section in addition to the exceptionsprovidedinParagraph(A)(2)ofthisSection.

SuchrulesshallprovideSuchrulesshallprovidefor for the definition, certification requirements, and maximum duration of such circumstances, which shall be limited to the following:

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385 (a) Parental leave.

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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 385 OriginalEngrossed 2026 Regular Session Bamburg Abstract:

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Proposed law, applicable to students who graduate from high school during or after the 2025-2026 school year, requires a student to repayrepayaward award amounts paid to a postsecondary education institution on his behalf if his award is suspended or canceled for failure to meet therequirementsformaintainingeligibility.the requirements for maintaining eligibility.

ProposedlawrequirestheadministeringagencyExempts (Bd.the following students from the repayment requirement:

(1) A student who initially qualified for an Honors or Excellence award.

(2) A student who enrolls during or immediately following the semester of the suspensionorcancellationorataninstitutionunderthesupervisionandmanagement of the Bd.

of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges in a high-wage, high-demandprogramdeterminedtobea"qualifiedprogram"asprovidedinpresent law.

Proposed law requires the administering agency (Bd.

Page(2) 2Circumstances ofunder 3which CODING:a student shall be excepted from proposed law repaymentrequirementinadditiontothoseprovidedabove;requiresthattheserules provideforthedefinition,certificationrequirements,andmaximumdurationofthese circumstances, which shall be limited to the following exceptions:

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385 (2) Circumstances under which a student shall be excepted from proposed law repayment requirement;

requires that these rules provide for the definition, certification requirements, and maximum duration of these circumstances, which shall be limited to the following exceptions:

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385 (h) Death of immediate family.