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urn: urn:us-la:rs:17:1675
citation: "R.S. 17:1675"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 17 › Chapter 5 › Part II › Subpart A"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1974, number: 695, section: 1, effective_date: 1975-07-01, role: enactment }
---

# Eligibility for a scholarship

A person shall be eligible for consideration for a scholarship if:

(1) He is a citizen of the United States;

(2) He has been a resident of the state for three years immediately preceding the date of his application for a scholarship or a renewal of a scholarship;

(3) He meets the admission requirements of the approved institution of higher education of his choice;

(4) He satisfactorily meets the qualifications of financial need, character and academic promise, as well as academic achievement, as established by the department;

(5) He shall not be a major in religious studies or theology.