North Dakota Century Code Title 15.1. Elementary and Secondary Education § 15.1-21-02.8. North Dakota scholarship--Eligibility--One-time exception (Effective 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.

a. Clock hours to credit hours; and

b. Percentage-based grading to grade point average.