Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 8 - All Iowa Opportunity Scholarship Program › Rule 283-8.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
As used in this chapter:
"Eligible college or university"
means an Iowa
				community college, an institution of higher education governed by the state
				board of regents, or an accredited private institution located in Iowa that
				meets all eligibility requirements set forth in Iowa Code section
				261.9. All eligible
				colleges and universities must submit annual reports which include student and
				faculty information, enrollment and employment information, and other
				information required by the commission as described in Iowa Code section
				261.9.
"Eligible foster care student"
means a person
				who has a high school diploma or a high school equivalency diploma under Iowa
				Code chapter 259A and is described by any of the following:
1. Is age 17 and is in a court-ordered placement under Iowa
				Code chapter 232 under the care and custody of the department of human services
				or juvenile court services.
2. Is age 17 and has been placed in a state juvenile
				institution pursuant to a court order entered under Iowa Code chapter 232 under
				the care and custody of the department of human services.
3. Is described by any of the following:
* On the date the person reached age 18 or during the 30
				calendar days preceding or succeeding that date, the person was in a licensed
				foster care placement pursuant to a court order entered under Iowa Code chapter
				232 under the care and custody of the department of human services or juvenile
				court services.
* On the date the person reached age 18 or during the 30
				calendar days preceding or succeeding that date, the person was under a court
				order under Iowa Code chapter 232 to live with a relative or other suitable
				person.
* The person was in a licensed foster care placement pursuant
				to an order entered under Iowa Code chapter 232 prior to being legally adopted
				after reaching age 16.
* On the date the person reached age 18 or during the 30
				calendar days preceding or succeeding that date, the person was placed in a
				state juvenile institution pursuant to a court order entered under Iowa Code
				chapter 232 under the care and custody of the department of human
				services.
"Eligible surviving-child student"
means a
				person who is not a convicted felon as defined in Iowa Code section
				910.15
				and who meets any of the following criteria:
1. Is the child or stepchild of a peace officer, as defined in
				Iowa Code section
				97A.1,
				who was killed in the line of duty as determined by the board of trustees of
				the Iowa department of public safety peace officers' retirement, accident, and
				disability system in accordance with Iowa Code section
				97A.6(16).
2. Is the child or stepchild of a police officer or fire
				fighter, as defined in Iowa Code section
				411.1, who was killed
				in the line of duty as determined by the statewide fire and police retirement
				system in accordance with Iowa Code section
				411.6(15).
3. Is the child or stepchild of a sheriff or deputy sheriff, as
				defined in Iowa Code section
				97B.49C,
				who was killed in the line of duty as determined by the Iowa public employees'
				retirement system in accordance with Iowa Code section
				97B.52(2).
4. Is the child or stepchild of a fire fighter or police
				officer included under Iowa Code section
				97B.49B,
				who was killed in the line of duty as determined by the Iowa public employees'
				retirement system in accordance with Iowa Code section
				97B.52(2).
5. Is the child or stepchild of an employee of the Iowa
				department of corrections, or of a judicial district department of correctional
				services, who was killed in the line of duty.
"Expected family contribution (EFC)"
is the
				means by which the commission ranks the relative need of an applicant for
				financial assistance. Expected family contribution shall be evaluated annually
				on the basis of a confidential statement of family finances filed on a form
				designated by the commission. The commission has adopted the use of the Free
				Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), a federal form used to calculate a
				formula developed by the U.S. Department of Education, the results of which are
				used to determine expected family contribution. Relative need will be ranked
				based on the applicant's expected family contribution (EFC) provided by the
				U.S. Department of Education. The FAFSA must be received by the processing
				agent by the date specified by the commission.
"Full-time"
means enrollment at an eligible
				college or university in a course of study including at least 12 semester hours
				or the trimester or quarter equivalent.
"Iowa resident"
means a person who meets the
				residency requirements established in 283-Chapter 10.
"Part-time"
means enrollment at an eligible
				college or university in a course of study including at least three semester
				hours or the trimester or quarter equivalent.
"Stepchild"
means the same as defined in Iowa
				Code section
				450.1.