(a) An education loan to a recipient under AS 14.43.250(b)(1) - (4) or (6) may not exceed $2,500 a school year for an undergraduate student or $5,000 a school year for a graduate student and may not be made to a student for more than six years. An education loan to a recipient under AS 14.43.250(b)(5) may not exceed the cost of tuition and required fees, books and educational supplies, room and board, and transportation for two round trips between the recipient's home and school each year. A loan under AS 14.43.250(b)(5) may not be made for more than five years of undergraduate study, five years of graduate study, or a combined maximum of eight years of study.

(b) A loan made under AS 14.43.250 - 14.43.325 may be used only as follows:

(1) a Michael Murphy memorial education loan may be used only to pursue a certificate or degree program in an accredited college or university in law enforcement, law, probation and parole, or penology, or closely related fields;

(2) a Carroll L. “Butch” Swartz memorial education loan may be used only to pursue a degree program in an accredited college or university in criminal law, criminology, corrections, police science and administration, juvenile justice, or other fields closely related to criminal justice;

(3) a Harvey Golub memorial education loan may be used only to pursue a degree program in an accredited college or university in civil, mechanical, electrical, electronic, petroleum, mining, traffic and transportation, sanitary, chemical, or other recognized field of engineering;

(4) a Robert L. Thomas memorial education loan may be used only to pursue a degree program in an accredited college or university that will lead to a career in education or public administration, or other closely related field;

(5) an A.W. (Winn) Brindle memorial education loan may be used only to pursue a certificate or degree program in an accredited school, college, or university in fisheries, fishery science, fishery management, seafood processing, food technology, or other closely related field; and

(6) a Nick Begich memorial education loan may be used only to pursue a degree program in an accredited college or university that will lead to a career in education, public administration, government, or other closely related field.

(c) The recipient of a memorial education loan must be a resident of Alaska and enrolled or eligible for enrollment as a full-time student in a certificate or degree program in a field listed in (b) of this section that is appropriate to the memorial education loan received.

(d) The recipient must at all times continue to be enrolled as a full-time student in good standing at an accredited postsecondary institution that is appropriate to the memorial education loan received.

(e) In any year in which the memorial education revolving loan fund created under AS 14.43.255 has inadequate receipts to fund a loan in one of the loan categories listed in AS 14.43.250(b), no loan in that loan category may be offered and the receipts shall be added to the amount available for that category in the succeeding year.

(f) The administering authority may provide conditions in the note signed by the recipient or in a separate document or communication that will help it carry out the provisions of AS 14.43.250 - 14.43.325.

(g) [Repealed, § 31 ch 63 SLA 2004.]