North Dakota Code § 15.1-21-02.8

North Dakota scholarship - Eligibility - One -time exception. (Effective
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through July 31, 2030)
1. a. Notwithstanding section 15.1 -21-02.6, if a student's cumulative grade point 
average as determined by the state board of higher education at the conclusion 
of a semester, quarter, or clock-hour term is below 2.75, the board shall grant an 
exception and provide the North Dakota scholarship to which the student would 
otherwise be entitled for the next semester, quarter, or clock-hour term in which 
the student is enrolled full time. The exception provided by this section is 
applicable to a student only one time.
b. If a student's cumulative grade point average as determined by the state board of 
higher education at the conclusion of a semester, quarter, or clock-hour term is 
below 2.75 for a second time, the student is no longer eligible to receive a North 
Dakota, North Dakota academic, or North Dakota career and technical education 
scholarship.
2. For purposes of scholarship eligibility under this section, "clock -hour term" has the 
same meaning as the term is defined by the state board of higher education. The state 
board of higher education shall determine the conversion of:
a. Clock hours to credit hours; and
b. Percentage-based grading to grade point average.
North Dakota scholarship - Eligibility - One -time exception. (Effective after July 31, 
2030)
1. a. Notwithstanding section 15.1 -21-02.6, if a student's cumulative grade point 
average as determined by the state board of higher education at the conclusion 
of a semester, quarter, or clock-hour term is below 2.75, the board shall grant an 
exception and provide the North Dakota scholarship to which the student would 
otherwise be entitled for the next semester, quarter, or clock-hour term in which 
the student is enrolled full time. The exception provided by this section is 
applicable to a student only one time.
b. If a student's cumulative grade point average as determined by the state board of 
higher education at the conclusion of a semester, quarter, or clock-hour term is 
below 2.75 for a second time, the student is no longer eligible to receive a North 
Dakota scholarship.
2. For purposes of scholarship eligibility under this section, "clock -hour term" has the 
same meaning as the term is defined by the state board of higher education. The state 
board of higher education shall determine the conversion of:
a. Clock hours to credit hours; and
b. Percentage-based grading to grade point average.

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