California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 4 - California Student Aid Commission › Chapter 1 - California Student Aid Commission › Article 19 - Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Program › Section 30928 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) "Applicant"
				  means a person who has applied to the program during the application window
				  established by the Commission.
b)
				  "Application" means the application to the Program.
c) "Commission" means the California Student Aid
				  Commission.
d) "Eligible Expenses" means
				  reasonable expenses associated with the costs of acquiring an education such as
				  tuition, books, equipment, fees, and room and board.
e) "Eligible Participant" means a Licensed
				  Attorney who has been admitted to the Program and is a resident of this state and
				  who can provide proof of residency in this state.
f) "Licensed Attorney" means an attorney who
				  resides in this state and who has successfully passed the California bar examination
				  and has been admitted to practice or has otherwise been licensed to practice law by
				  the State Bar of California.
g) "Loan
				  Repayment" means a loan that is paid in full or in part where the Participant
				  renders legal services in California in Public Interest Law.
h) "Participant" means a Licensed Attorney who has
				  been admitted to the Program and has commenced practice as a Licensed Attorney in
				  this state in Public Interest Law.
i)
				  "Program" means the Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Program.
j) "Public Interest Law" means those areas of the
				  law which serve the public interest, including providing Support Services to a legal
				  services organization, or providing direct legal service at a local (1) legal
				  services organization, (2) prosecuting attorney's office, (3) child support agency
				  office, (4) criminal public defender's office or other office contracted/assigned to
				  provide criminal defense services, or (5) qualified support center, as defined in
				  California Business and Professions Code Section 6213(b). For purposes of these
				  regulations, a "legal services organization" is a legal services provider in
				  California that serves a clientele over 70 percent of whom are low-income persons
				  according to applicable federal income guidelines.
k) "Full-time or Full-time Equivalent Employment"
				  means at least 215 full-time work days or the equivalent completed either during the
				  one-year period following the Commission's selection and notification of a Program
				  Participant for Loan Repayment or completed during each of the three subsequent
				  periods of annual Public-Interest-Law employment in accordance with Education Code
				  section 69741.5. Any vacation and sick leave used by a Participant, or leave taken
				  pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) or a similar State law during
				  the pertinent employment period shall be included as work days in determining a
				  Participant's 215-day Full-Time Employment calculation. Any active-duty service of
				  more than 30 days as a reserve member of the Armed Forces of the United States, or
				  of the California Military Department, shall also be included as work days in
				  determining a Participant's Full-Time Employment calculation.
l) "Required Service Obligation" means an
				  obligation by a Participant to provide a year-long period of full-time or full-time
				  equivalent employment in California, as defined, in Public Interest Law.
m) "Support Services" means providing legal
				  training, legal technical assistance, or advocacy support without charge.
Note: Authority cited: Section 69742, Government Code.
						Reference: Sections 69740, 69472 and 69743.5, Government Code.