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TO RtrAlN TOPS lN 20 I €"2O 17, YOU NEED TO KNOW THISIAS ATOPS RECIPIENT, YOU MUST ENROLL AS A FULL-TIME STUDENT DURING EACH SEMESTER, OUARTER

oR TERM ouRrNG THE AcADEMtc vEAR, REMATN coNTrNUousLy ENRoLLED, AND MUST EARN 24 HoURSoF cREDtr DURTNG THE AcAoEMrc YEAR. FATLURE To oo so wrLL RESULT rN cANcELl-AIoN oF youRTOPS AWARD, THE ACAOEMIC YEAR BEGINS WTTH THE FALL SEMESTER, QUARTER OR TERM AND CONTINUES

THRoUGH ALL SEMESTERS, oUARTERS, TERMS AND INTERSESSIONS UNTIL THE FOLLOWING FALL SEMESTER,

QUARTER OR TERM BEGINS.

EXCEPNONS TO THE REQUIREMENTS TO ENROLL FULL'TIME OR TO REMAIN CONTINUOUSLY ENROLLEO OR TO

EARN 24 HoURS oF cREDtr EACH AcAoEMrc YEAR MAy BE GRANTED By rHE LoursraNA OFFTCE oF SruDEt{rFiNANCIAL ASSISTANCE (LOSFA) FoR CIRCUMSTANCES BEYoNO THE STUDENT,S CONTROL. STUDENTS SEEK-

tNG AN EXcEpIoN To THESE REQU|REMENTS MUST suBMtr A REQUEST FoR EXcEprtoN FoRM (AVAjLABLE

FRoM LOSFA oR oN oUR WEB SrrE AT W.q5.LA.@i/,bCPrci}.w,I) AND PRoVIoE ALL NECES5ARY

DoCUMENTATIoN. IF APPRoVED AND ALL oTHER CONTINUATION REQUIREMENTS ARE MET, THE AWARD WILL

BE REINSTATED. ReQuesTs FoR EXCEPTIoN MUST E}E RECEIVED NO LATER THAN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE

DATE OF THE NOTICE OF CANCELLATION.

EARNTNG 24 cREotr HouRs EACH AcADEMtc YEAR ts rHE RESpoNStBtLtry oF THE sruDENT. ADVANCED

PLACEMENT cREDtrs caNNor BE usED To MEET 'lHE ?4 HouR REoU|REMENT. HoURS EARNED tN

REMEDIAL COURSES WHICH ARE REQUIRED BY YOUR SCHOOL AND HOURS EARNED IN INTERSESSIONS

HELo BETWEEN THE BEGINNING oF THE FALL SEMESTER ANO THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT FALL SEMESTER(AcADEMrc YEAR) wrLL couNT TowARD youR 2.4-HouR REQUTREMENT. ALL AWARD REcrprENTs cAN usEHouRs EARNED tN SUMMER sEssroNs ro MEET THE|R ?A-HouR pER ACADEMTC YEAR REeUTREMEMT As WELL.

AT THE END oF EACH AcADEMtc(GPA) AS DETERMINED BY LOSFA,

OPPoRTUNn-r AWARD:

PERFoRMANCE AWARD:HoNoRS AWARD:TECH AWARD*:

YEAR THE FoLLowtNG TOPS cUMULATtvE GRAoE potNT AVERAGEMUST BE MAINTAINED:

2.30 END oF FIRST YEAR AcaDEMrc YEAR2.50 END oF ALL oTHER ACADEMIC YEARS

3.OO END oF ALL AcAoEMrc YEARS

3.OO END oF ALL ACADEMIC YEARS

2.50 ENo oF ALL ACADEMTC YEARS*AND oPPoRTUNITY, PERFoRMANCE AND HONORS AWARD RECIPIENTS ENRoLLED IN A TECHNICAL

PROGF'AM OF STU DY

THE TOPS cUMULATtvE GPA rs CALCULATED oN ALL couRsE woRK ATTEMPTED ANo MAy Nor BE THESAME AS THAT CALCULATEO BY THE SCHOOL.

PERFoRMANCE oR HoNoRS AwaRD REcrptENTs wHo FA|L To MATNTATN AT LEAsr A 3.OO cUMULATtvEGPA ar rHE END oF ANy AcAoEMtc YEAR, wrLL HAVE THETR AWARD coNVERTEo ro rHE OppoRTUNrryAWARD, PRovIoED THEY HAVE MAINTAINED THE GPA NECESSARY FOR RENEWAL AT THAT AwARo LEVEL.ONCE THE REcrprENT's AWARD ts coNVERTEo ro rHE OppoRTUNr.l.r AwaRD, THE PERFoRMANCE oRHoNoRS AWARD cANNor BE RETNSTATED.

GRADES EARNED FoR CoLLEGE cREDrr couRSEs TAKEN wHrLE rN H|GH scHooL THRoUGH DUALENRoLLMENT pRoGRAMS ARE TNCLUDED rN THE CALCULATIoN oF youR CUMULATIVE CoLLEGE GPA AND wrLLAFFECT youR TOPS coNTrNUATroN ELtctBtLtr.r.

STUDENTS wHo FAIL To MAINTAIN STEADY ACADEMIC PROGRESS AT THE END OF ANY SEMESTER, QUARTERoR TERM SHALL HAVE PAYMENT oF THEIR AWARD SUSPENDED. STEADY ACADEMIC PRoGRESS IS DEFINEDAS A MTNTMUM 2.OO CUMULATTVE GPA.

STUDENTS wHosE awaRDS aRE suspENDEo FoR FATLURE To MATNTA|N THE REerurREo GPA oR srEADyACADEMIC PRoGRESS MAY BE REINSTATED UPoN ATTAINMENT OF THE REQUIRED GPA PRoVIDED THAT THEpERtoD oF lNELtGtBtLtry DtD Nor pERStsr FoR MoRE THAN Two YEARS (oNE YEAR FoR THETECH AWARD)AND THE STUDENT HAS MET THE REQUIREMENTS NOTEO IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH.

To RENEW YoUR TOPS AWARD FoR THE 20 I6.20 I7 ACADEMIC YEAR, YoUR 20 I6-20 I 7 FREEAppLrcarroN FoR FEDERAL STUDENT Ato (FAFSA) oR RENEWaL FAFSA MUST BE RECETVED By JuLy I ,

20 I6, UNLESS YoU cAN DEMoNSTFIATE THAT YoU Do NOT QUALIFY FoR FEDERAL GFTANT AIo,

RENEWAL

LoUISIANA OFFICE oF STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (LOSFA)

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ORADI.JANNG IN 20 ! O? TO QTJAUFY ft)R TOPS, YOU NEED TO KNOVV THISICoMPLETE ALL CoURSES IN THE TOPS coRE CURRICULUM ( I9 UNITS), EXCEPNONS WILL NOT BE GFIANTED EVEN IF A

COURSE IS NOT OFFERED AT YOUR SCHOOL.

UpoN GRADUATIoN FRoM HtcH scHool, you MUST HAVE arrAtNED AT LEAsr a 2.50 cuMULAnvE GRADE PorNT AVERAGE(GPA) oN THE CoURSES USED To CoMPLETE THE TOPS CORE CURRICULUM, COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH

PROGRAM RULES.

GRADES EARNED FoR CoLLEGE CREDTT coURsEs TAKEN WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS ARE

INCLUoED IN THE cALcULAnoN oF YoUR CUMULATIVE COLLEGE GPA AND wlLL AFFECT YOUR TOPS CONT1NUATION EUGIBIUTY.

FoR 2c) I6 HIGH ScHooL GFIAoUATES, THE MINIMUM ACT SCORE TO QUALIFY FOR THE TOPS OPPORTUNITY AWARO IS

A 20 (oR 94o SAT). THE MINIMUM ACT ScoRE To oUALIFY FoR THE TOPS TECH AWARD IS A I 7 (OR 8 IO SAT). THE

HIGHEST COMPOSITE SCORE ACHIEVED ON A SINGLE EXAM OF EITHER THE ACT OR SAT WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE

THE ELIGIBILITY. TOPS DOES NOT CONSIDER THE EIsSAY FORTION OF THE ACT OR SAT IN CALCUIfiNG THE COMFO:,ITE

SCORE NEET'ED TO OTJAIJFY.

FoR 20 l6 HtcH scHool GRADUATES, A eualrFyrNc ACT oR SAT scoRE MUST BE ACHIEVED BY THE ACT NATIoNAL

TEsr OATE: ApRtL 9, 2c) 16. A FTRST-T|ME ouALrFyrNG scoRE EARNED oN THE JUNE I I , 20 l6 ACT NATIoNAL TEST

DATE oR A FTRST-T|ME euALtFyrNG SAT scoRE EARNED oN THE MAY 7 oR JUNE 4, 20 I 6 ExaMs wlLLBE ACCEPTED, BUT YoU WILL BE PENALIZED ONE SEMESTER (OR TWO OUARTERS) OF ELIGIBILITY. INITIAL QUALIFYING

scoREs oN SPECIAL TESTS TAKEN BEFoRE JULY I , 20 I6 FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WILL BE ACCEPTED. AFIRsT TIME QUALIFYING scoRE EARNED BEFoRE SEPTEMBER 30, 20 I6, MAY BE ACCEPTED IF THE LOUISIANA

STUDENT FINANCIAL AssISTANcE CoMMISsIoN FINoS YoU WERE PREVENTED FROM TAKING THE TEST PRIOR TO JULY I

oF THE YEAR oF GRADUATIoN DUE To CIRCUMSTANCES BEYO{D YOUR CONTROL AND ATTRIBLJTAE]LE TO THE AOMINISTRATION

OF THE TEST.

WHEN REctsrERtNc FoR THE ACT oR SAT you MUST ENTER coDE 1595 oN THE ACT REGtsrFtATtoN FoRM oRcoDE 90 I9 oN THE SAT REGISTRATION FORM.

GRADUATES oF 2C) I 6 - THE TOPS APPLICATIoN DEADLINE IS JULY I FOLLOWNG THE ONE YEAFI ANNIVERSARY oF HIGH

SCHOOL GRADUATION, YOU MUST FILE YOUR FAFSA SO THAT IT IS RECEIVED BY THE FEDERAL PROCESSOR BY JULY I ,

20 l 7 ro RECE|VE FULL TOPS FUNDTNG. No qAYMENT oF A TOPS AWARD wLL BE MADE UNT|L THE tNtrtAL FAFSA oRON-LINE APPLICATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND YOU HAVE BEEN DETERMINED ELICIBLE FOR A TOPS AWARD,

INmAL APPUcATtoN RECETPT DATE REcErvEs TOPS FUNoTNG FoR:

JAN. l, 20l6-JULY I, 2Ol7 I SEMESTERS ( I 2 QUARTERS)

BEGTNNTNG wrrH aor'rrEMtc YEAR ?Olg.2Ol7

JULY 2 - Auc. 30, 20 I 77 SEMESTERS ( IO aUARTERS)

BEGTNNTNG wrrH ACADEM|C .[EAR 20 I e?O I 7

AuG. 3l - Ocr. 29, 2Ol7 6 SEMESTERS (9 QUARTERS)

BEGTNNTNG wrrH AcarrEMrc irtaR 20 I @2O l7lNrrrAL AppLrcATroNS RECETVED AFTER Ocr. ?9, ?O I 7 INELTGTBLE FoR TOPS AWARD

DENTS WHO ENROLL FULL-TIME BEFORE THEIR INITIAL APPLICATION IS RECEIVED MUST ALSO HAVE MET THECoNTtNUtNG ELtctBtLtry REQU|REMENTS To BE ELtctBLE FoR TOPS FUNo|NG FoR sEMEsrERs. oUARTERS oR TERMSAFTER THE SEMESTER OF FIRST-TIME, FULL.TIME ENROLLMENT,

FOR FEDERAL STUDEiTT aD, TOPS, GO GRANT, AND orHER sr^rE ArD pRocR^,.ts:2Olezol7 FTAFEA: www. FAFBA.oovFEOERAL STUDENT AID PROGRAMS INCLUDE PELL GRANTS, FEOERAL SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIoNAL OPPoRTUN|TY GRANT(FSEOG), STUDENT LoANS (SuBSrDrzEo aND uNsuBsrDrzED), PARENT LoaNS FoR UNDERGFiaDUATE STUDENTS (PLUS),THE FEDERAL woRK STUDY PRoGRAM AND PERKINS LoANS.

TO APPLY FOR TOPS AND ALL THE PROGRAMS LISTEO ABovE, YoU MUST CoMPLETE ALL QUESTIoNS oN THE FAFSA FoR THEscHooL YEAR 20 I 6-20 I 7. BE SURE To PRINTaD RfiAN iouR o rED FAIiS/A coNFlRt{ArcN FroE (wtTH coNFrRtAlrcNNUMBER) IN CASE VERIFTCA'IION OF TIMELY FIUNO 13 R@UIRED.

FOR TOPS ONLY ToPs oN.UNE APPUCATIoN: www.osFA.II. oovlN ORDER To APPLY FoR TOPS oNLY usrNc THE oN-LrNE TOPS AppLrcATroN, FAMTLTES MUST tsE ABLE To DEMoNsTRATETHAT THE STUDENT DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL GRANT AID. TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATIoN, USE FINAID'S FINANCIALArD CALCULAToR ava .-ABLE oN THE TNTERNET ar www. FtNAtD.oRG/cALcuLAToRS.

STUDENTS WHO USE THE ON-LINE TOPS APPLIeATIoN INSTEAo oF THE FAFSA wLL BE THE FIRST DENIED A ToPS AWARDIN THE EVENT OF A BUDGET SHORTFALL.

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PO Box 9l20?, BAToN RoucE, la 7OA? l-9ZO?(AOO) 259-5626 oR (225) 2t9-IOI?www.osFA. LA.cov oR E-MAIL cusrsenv@la.oov

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TOPS Core CurriculumFor the Opportunity, Performance and Honors AwardsFor High School graduates of 2018 and thereafter

Units CourseslENGLISH = 4 Units1 Unit English I

'! Unit English ll

1 Unit from the following:English lll, AP English Language Arts and Composition, or lBEnqlish lll (Lanquaqe A or Literature and Performance)

1 Unit from the following:English lV, AP English Literature and Composition, or lB EnglishlV (Lanquaqe A or Literature and Performance)

MATH = 4 Units

l Unit Algebra I

1 Unit Geometry

1 Unit Algebra ll

(lntegrated Mathematics l, lntegrated Mathematics ll, andlntegrated Mathematics lll may be substituted for the Algebra l,Geometry, and Algebra ll sequence)

Unit from the following:

Algebra lll; Advanced Math - Functions and Statistics, AdvancedMath - Pre-Calculus, Pre.Calculus, or lB Math Methods I

(Mathematical Studies SL); Calculus, AP Calculus AB, or lB MathMethods ll (Mathematics SL); AP Calculus BC; Probability andStatistics or AP Statistics; lB Further Mathematics HL; lBMathematics HL

SCIENCE = 4 Units'1 Unit Biology I

'1 Unit Chemistry I

2 Units from the following:

Earth Science; Environmental Science; Physical Science;Agriscience I and Agriscience ll (one unit combined); Chemistryll, AP Chemistry, or lB Chemistry ll; AP Environmental Science orlB Environmental Systems; Physics l, AP Physics B, or lB Physicsl; AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, AP Physics C:Mechanics, or lB Physics ll; AP Physics I and AP Physics ll;Bioloqv ll, AP Bioloqv, or lB Bioloqv ll

SOCIALSTUDIES=4UNitS

1 Unit from the following: U.S. History, AP U.S. History, or lB U.S. History

1 Unit from the following:Civics, Government, AP U.S. Government and Politics:Comparative, or AP U.S. Government and Politics: United States

2 Units from the following:

Western Civilization, European History, or AP European History;World Geography, AP Human Geography, or lB Geography;World History, AP World History, or lB World History; History ofReligion; lB Economics, Economics, AP Macroeconomics, or APMicroeconomics

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE = 2 UnitsForeign Language, both units in the same language, which mayinclude the following: AP Chinese Language and Culture, APFrench Language and Culture, AP German Language andCulture, AP ltalian Language and Culture, AP JapaneseLanguage and Culture, AP Latin, AP Spanish Language andCulture, lB French lV, lB French V, lB Spanish lV, and lB Spanish V

ART = 1 Unit

Unit from the following:

Performance course in Music, Dance or Theatre; Fine ArtsSurvey; Art l, ll, lll, and lV; Talented Art I, ll, lll, and lV; TalentedMusic l, ll, lll and lV; Talented Theater Arts l, ll, lll, and lV;Speech lll and Speech lV (one unit combined); AP Art History; APStudio Art: 2-D Design; AP Studio Art: 3-D Design; AP Studio Art:Drawing; AP Music Theory; lB Film Study l; lB Film Study ll; lBMusic l; lB Music ll; lB Art Design lll; lB Art Design lV;lB Theatre I or Draftinq

TOTAL = 19 Units

' GtFTeD COURSES: Any core curriculum course that is taken by a student who has been identified asgifted pursuant to State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) policy and that is takenin fulfillment of the student's lndividualized Education Plan shall be considered a "Gifted Course" andshall fulfill the core curriculum.

Beginning with students entering the 9th grade in 2014-2015 and graduating in the 2017-2018 schoolyear and thereafter, the calculation of the TOPS Core Curriculum grade point average (GPA) will use afive- (5.00) point scale for grades earned in certain designated Advanced Placement (AP) courses;lnternational Baccalaureate (lB) courses; Gifted courses; Dual Enrollment courses, Honors courses andArticulated courses offered for college credit by the Louisiana School for the Math, Science and the Artsused to complete the TOPS Core Curriculum. The courses currently designated to be calculated on the5.00 point scale can be viewed at https:i/www.osfa.la.qov/5scale. At this time, BESE and the Board ofRegents have not designated the Honors or Articulated courses that will be calculated on the five-(5.00) point scale.r For the designated courses, five quality points will be assigned to a letter grade of"A", four quality points will be assigned to a letter grade of "B", three quality points will be assigned to aletter grade of "C", two quality points will be assigned to a letter grade of "D", and zero quality points willbe assigned to a letter grade of'F". Note that students earning credit in courses graded on the five(5.00) point scale may earn a grade point average on the TOPS Core Curriculum that exceeds 4.00.

1 Courses approved for the tive- (5.00) point scale will be noted in updates to this document.

This core curriculum is accurote as of the date oI publicotion ond includes courses listed

in TOPS stotue.

(800) 259-s626custserv@la.govwww.osfa.la.govP.O. Box 91202, Baton Rouge, LA 70827-9202 Updatedt 0A/25/2015

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