(a) To maintain continued state payment of tuition once enrolled at the institution shall meet all of the following:
(1) Make steady academic progress toward a degree, earning not less than the minimum number of hours of credit required for full-time standing in each academic year.
(2) Maintain continuous enrollment for not less than 2 semesters in each successive academic year, unless granted an exception for cause by the institution.
(3) Have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.75 calculated on a 4.0 scale at the end of the first academic year and thereafter maintain such a cumulative grade point average. The institution may grant exceptions upon appeal.
(4) The student and family shall certify that the student has not been convicted of any felony.
(5) Complete 10 hours of community service, as defined by the institution, per semester.
(b) Grants made by the Inspire Scholarship Program shall not be allowed for courses or other post-secondary units repeated or taken in excess of the requirements for completion of an bachelor's degree with the exception of those courses required by the institution for program admission.
(c) Students are eligible to participate in this program for a period not to exceed 8 continuous semesters, not including the summer semester.