Academic Rigor
Students who take harder classes in high school do better in their future higher education. They have higher rates of Bachelor degree completion, and they do better academically.
Academic Competiveness Grant
Students who take harder classes will be eligible for increased federal financial awards. The Federal Government recently passed a legislative initiative that will grant financially eligible students the opportunity to be awarded the academic competiveness grant. This program adds additional funds to students federal student aid.
To qualify for this grant students must have taken a rigorours course sequence in high school. The federal government have defined this rigorous course pattern in the following documents. Rigorous Courses Defined for Utah (MS Word Doc)
For further information please visit the Federal Student Aid Website.
