{"data":{"id":"us-va/8vac40-150-30","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"8VAC40-150-30","heading":"Eligibility criteria for an initial award","body":"In order to receive an award, the student must:\n\n1. Be a domiciliary resident of Virginia;\n\n2. Be a first-time entering freshman no earlier than fall 2007;\n\n3. Have received an associate's degree at a Virginia two-year public institution of higher education;\n\n4. Have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale upon completion of the associate's degree program;\n\n5. Have enrolled into a participating institution by the fall or spring term following completion of the associate's degree;\n\n6. Be enrolled for full-time study in an approved course of study;\n\n7. Have applied for financial aid by completing the FAFSA by the institution's published deadline;\n\n8. Demonstrate financial need; and\n\n9. Have complied with federal selective service registration requirements, unless the following apply:\n\na. The requirement to register has terminated or become inapplicable; and\n\nb. The student shows by preponderance of the evidence that failure to register was not a knowing and willful failure to register and that the student complies with federal selective service registration requirements prior to disbursement of funds.","path":["Title 8. Education","Agency 40. State Council of Higher Education For Virginia","Chapter 150. Virginia Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program Regulations"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title8/agency40/chapter150/section30/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:47:58Z","sha256":"a1491332eb2507365fd34eb372fb3b9eabdf171cb335d23f7c8703ca7595f5d4","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/8vac40-150-20","next":"us-va/8vac40-150-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}