Code of Maine Rules › 94 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES › 457 - FINANCE AUTHORITY OF MAINE (FAME) › Chapter 610 - RULES FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE EDUCATORS FOR MAINE PROGRAM › Section 457-610-1 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Academic Achievement
.
				"Academic achievement" means earning a grade point average of at least 3.0,
				based on a 4.0 grade point system or the equivalent thereof as determined in
				the discretion of the chief executive officer, based upon the most recent
				cumulative grade point average.
B.
Authority
. "Authority" means the Finance Authority of
				Maine.
C.
Chief Executive
				Officer
. "Chief executive officer" means the Authority's chief executive
				officer or a person acting under the supervisory control of the chief executive
				officer.
D.
Child
				care
. "Child care" means a regular service of care and protection
				provided for compensation for any part of a day less than 24 hours to a child
				or children under 13 years of age whose parents work outside the home, attend
				an educational program or are otherwise unable to care for their
				children.
E.
Child care
				facility
. "Child care facility" means a child care center or a home day
				care provider as defined in
				22
				M.R.S.A. §8301-A.
F.
Child care provider
				qualifications
. "Child care provider qualifications" means a degree or
				certificate from a child care development program including but not limited to
				child development, early childhood education, early childhood development,
				health and human services with a focus on early childhood, special education
				from birth to five years, and other similar programs as determined by the chief
				executive officer upon review of coursework and other relevant
				information.
G.
Cost of
				attendance
. "Cost of attendance" has the same meaning as set forth in 20
				U.S.C. § 108711 and the regulations, guidelines and procedures promulgated
				thereunder except, for students attending less than half-time, cost of
				attendance is determined on the same basis as for students attending
				half-time.
H.
Commissioner
. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Maine
				Department of Education or a person acting under the supervisory control of the
				Commissioner.
I.
Duly
				enrolled
. "Duly enrolled" means, for an undergraduate, enrolled full
				time and, for a post-baccalaureate student, enrolled at least part-time at an
				institution of higher education, as verified by the institution of higher
				education.
J. [Reserved]
K. [Reserved]
L.
Graduating High School
				Senior
. "Graduating high school senior" means a student who is a
				resident of the State, who graduates from a secondary school or a home
				instruction program as described in
				20-A MRSA
				§5001-A(3)(A)(4) and
				who is entering that student's first year in an institution of higher education
				at the beginning of the next academic year.
M.
Institution of Higher
				Education
. "Institution of higher education" means an institution of
				higher education located within this State, another state or a foreign country
				that meets the requirements of and conforms to the definitions contained in the
				federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended,
				20 U.S.C.
				§
										1001(a) and the
				regulations, guidelines and procedures promulgated by the Secretary of
				Education pursuant thereto.
N.
Most recent cumulative grade point average
. "Most recent
				cumulative grade point average" means the cumulative grade point average
				("GPA") or its equivalent after the applicant's most recently completed period
				of study.
O.
Return
				Service
. "Return service" means service performed (i) as a certified
				teacher or speech pathologist in a public elementary or secondary school,
				publicly supported secondary school, or special education facility in Maine, as
				defined in
				20-A MRSA
				§7001(6) or in a Maine
				private school approved for tuition purposes or in a state operated school, for
				a full school year; or, (ii) for borrowers who received their first program
				loan after January 1, 2000, in a child care facility for a 12 month period by
				an individual who has attained child care provider qualifications; or, (iii) as
				a Jobs for Maine's Graduates specialist with Department of Education teacher
				certification.
P.
Students
				pursuing post-baccalaureate certification
. "Students pursuing
				post-baccalaureate certification" means students who have earned a
				baccalaureate degree or its equivalent and are pursuing a program of studies
				leading to initial certification as a teacher or speech pathologist or the
				attainment of child care provider qualifications.
Q.
Teacher
. "Teacher" means a
				person certified by the Maine Department of Education who is employed as a
				teacher by a public school or private school approved for tuition purposes or a
				state operated school or a publicly supported secondary school or special
				education facility, as defined in
				20-A MRSA
				§7001(6), including
				elementary and secondary teacher, specialized subject teacher, vocational or
				industrial arts teacher as defined in the certification rules of the State
				Board of Education and also includes by position title the following, unless
				modified by future legislation:
(1) Classroom
				teacher
(2) Itinerant
				teacher
(3) Guidance
				counselor
(4) Librarian-media
				specialist
(5) Special education
				teacher
(6) Special teacher of
				reading
(7) Speech
				pathologist/therapist
(8) Chapter I
				tutor