{"data":{"id":"us-mt/20-26-615","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"20-26-615","heading":"Eligibility requirements -- ineligibility.","body":"(1) To be eligible for the Montana STEM scholarship, a student must:\n(a) be a Montana resident who graduated from a Montana high school with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.25;\n(b) be eligible for in-state tuition pursuant to the board's policies;\n(c) have completed a rigorous college preparation program, including 4 years of mathematics and 3 years of science;\n(d) be enrolled full time in at least 15 credit hours at a postsecondary institution in the fall semester immediately following the student's graduation from high school;\n(e) be seeking the student's first certificate or 2-year or 4-year degree at a postsecondary institution; and\n(f) have declared a STEM or health care major as the student's intended course of study.\n(2) A student is ineligible for the Montana STEM scholarship if the student:\n(a) has failed to meet the federal Title IV selective service registration requirements;\n(b) is in default on a Title IV or state of Montana educational loan or owes a refund to a federal Title IV or state of Montana student financial aid program; or\n(c) is incarcerated. A student may receive a Montana STEM scholarship upon release if the student meets all other eligibility requirements.","path":["TITLE 20. EDUCATION","CHAPTER 26. STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE","Part 6. Scholarship Programs"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0200/chapter_0260/part_0060/section_0150/0200-0260-0060-0150.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:39Z","sha256":"a56fd35b68df2281c9053e2c73d938241d842ae59c04d82d2ce4823a1843f859","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/20-26-614","next":"us-mt/20-26-616"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}