Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part IV - Student Financial Assistance-Higher Education Scholarship and Grant Programs › Chapter 18 - Chafee Educational and Training Voucher Program › Section IV-1803 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Words and terms not otherwise defined in this Chapter
				  shall have the meanings ascribed to such words and terms in this Section. Where
				  the masculine is used in these rules, it includes the feminine, and vice versa;
				  where the singular is used, it includes the plural, and vice versa.
Academic Year
-the academic year begins with
				  the fall semester or term of the award year, includes the winter term, if
				  applicable, the spring semester or term, and concludes with the completion of
				  the summer session, if applicable.
Educational and Training Voucher
-a federal
				  grant that is available to certain students who have been in the foster care
				  system based on the students financial need.
Foster Care System
-a protective service
				  administered by the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services or by
				  a similar agency in another state, for children who must live apart from their
				  parents due to neglect, abuse, or special family circumstances which requires
				  that the child be cared for outside the family home.
Institution of Higher Education
-a school
				  that:
a. is eligible to receive funds under title IV of the Higher
				  Education Act of 1965; and
b. awards a bachelors degree; or
c. provides a program of study that is at least two years
				  long in which a student can earn credit toward a bachelors degree; or
d. provides not less than one year of training towards
				  gainful employment; or
e. provides vocational training for gainful employment and
				  has been in existence for at least two years.
Legal
Guardianship
-the duty
				  and authority to make important decisions in matters having a permanent effect
				  on the life and development of the child and the responsibility for the child's
				  general welfare until he reaches the age of majority, subject to any residual
				  rights possessed by the child's parents. It shall include, but not necessarily
				  be limited to, the rights and responsibilities of legal custody as established
				  in the
Louisiana Childrens Code
.
Postsecondary Education
-any educational
				  program at an institution of higher education which admits as regular students
				  those individuals with a high school diploma or equivalent, or admits as
				  regular students persons who are beyond the age of compulsory school
				  attendance, including, but not limited to, academic programs leading to an
				  associate or baccalaureate, graduate or professional degree, or training which
				  leads to a skill, occupational, or technical certificate or degree.
Satisfactory Academic Progress
-a standard
				  established in accordance with the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, by
				  the institution at which a Chafee ETV recipient will be enrolled when receiving
				  the ETV for measuring a student's progress in his or her educational
				  program.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:3021-3031 and
				  R.S.
				  17:3129.7.