§ 32.33 Definitions. *Application* means claim (*i.e.*, a threshold claim or a financial claim).
*Assistance* means financial assistance.
*Child of an eligible public safety officer* means the child of a public safety officer, which officer is an eligible public safety officer.
*Educational assistance benefits* means benefits specifically to assist in paying educational expenses.
*Educational expenses* means such of the following as may be in furtherance of the educational, professional, or vocational objective of the program of education that forms the basis of a financial claim: ( 1 ) Tuition and fees, as described in 20 U.S.C. 1087 ll (1) (higher education assistance);
( 2 ) Reasonable expenses for— ( i ) Room and board (if incurred for attendance on at least a half-time basis);
( ii ) Books;
( iii ) Computer equipment;
( iv ) Supplies;
( v ) Transportation; and
( 3 ) For attendance on at least a three-quarter-time basis, a standard allowance for miscellaneous personal expenses that is the greater of— ( i ) The allowance for such expenses, as established by the eligible educational institution for purposes of financial aid; or
( ii ) $200.00 per month.
*Eligible educational expenses* means a claimant's educational expenses, reduced by the amount of educational assistance benefits from non-governmental organizations that the claimant has received or will receive.
*Eligible public safety officer* means a public safety officer— ( 1 ) With respect to whose death, benefits under subpart B of this part properly— ( i ) Have been paid; or
( ii ) Would have been paid but for operation of the Act, at 34 U.S.C. 10281(f); or
( 2 ) With respect to whose disability, benefits under subpart C of this part properly— ( i ) Have been paid; or
( ii ) Would have been paid, but for operation of— ( A ) Paragraph (b) of § 32.6; or
( B ) The Act, at 34 U.S.C. 10281(f).
*Financial assistance* means financial assistance, as described in the Act, at 34 U.S.C. 10302.
*Financial claim* means a request for financial assistance, with respect to attendance at a program of education, for a particular grading period.
*Financial need* —An individual is in financial need for a particular grading period to the extent that the amount of his eligible educational expenses for that period exceed the sum of— ( 1 ) The amount of his educational assistance benefits as described in the Act, at 34 U.S.C. 10302(a)(3); and
( 2 ) His expected family contribution calculated pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1087nn (higher education assistance).
*Funds* means financial assistance.
*Grading period* means the period of attendance (*e.g.*, a semester, a trimester, a quarter) in a program of education, after (or with respect to) which period grades are assigned, units of credit are awarded, or courses are considered completed, as determined by the eligible educational institution.
*Prospective financial claim* means a financial claim with respect to a grading period that ends after the claim is filed.
*Retroactive financial claim* means a financial claim with respect to a grading period that ends before the claim is filed.
*Spouse of an eligible public safety officer at the time of the officer's death or on the date of a totally and permanently disabling injury* means the spouse of a public safety officer (which officer is an eligible public safety officer) as of— ( 1 ) The date of the officer's death (with respect to a claim by virtue of such death); or
( 2 ) The injury date (with respect to a claim by virtue of the officer's disability).
*Threshold claim* means a request for determination of general eligibility to receive financial assistance.
[71 FR 46037, Aug. 10, 2006, as amended at 83 FR 22386, May 15, 2018]