Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 40 - STATE COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR VIRGINIA › Chapter 180 - VIRGINIA FOSTER CARE TUITION GRANT REGULATIONS › Section 8VAC40-180-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall
				  have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Award" means a grant from state or institutional funds
				  authorized for the Virginia Foster Care Tuition Grant.
"Baccalaureate public institution of higher education" means
				  Christopher Newport University, George Mason University, James Madison
				  University, Longwood University, the University of Mary Washington, Norfolk
				  State University, Old Dominion University, Radford University, the University
				  of Virginia, the University of Virginia's College at Wise as a division of the
				  University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Military
				  Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia State
				  University, and The College of William and Mary in Virginia.
"Comprehensive community college" or "community college"
				  means an associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education in
				  Virginia governed by the State Board of Community Colleges.
"Cost of attendance" means the sum of tuition, required fees,
				  room, board, books and supplies, and other education-related expenses as
				  determined by a participating institution for purposes of awarding federal
				  Title IV student financial assistance.
"Eligible program" means a degree or certificate program of
				  at least one academic year in length or a noncredit workforce credential
				  program in a comprehensive community college. As used in this section,
				  "academic year" means the enrollment period which normally extends from late
				  August to May or early June that is normally comprised of two semesters (fall
				  and spring) or three quarters (fall, winter, and spring).
"Expected family contribution" or "EFC" means a measure of a
				  student's family's financial strength and is calculated according to federal
				  aid methodology and used to determine eligibility for need-based federal Title
				  IV aid. The institution may exercise professional judgment to adjust the
				  student's EFC, as permitted under federal law, based on factors that affect the
				  family's ability to pay. For students eligible for a state award but the
				  federal processor has not calculated the student's EFC, the institution shall
				  calculate the student's EFC using the appropriate federal EFC worksheet.
"Financial need" means any positive difference between a
				  student's cost of attendance and the student's expected family
				  contribution.
"Free Application for Federal Student Aid" or "FAFSA" means
				  the needs analysis form submitted to the United States Department of Education,
				  which is completed annually by students applying for federal Title IV student
				  financial assistance and need-based financial aid programs sponsored by the
				  Commonwealth of Virginia and that result in the calculation of the expected
				  family contribution.
"Full-time student for more than five years" means that the
				  recipient must not have completed in excess of 120 semester hours or its
				  equivalent.
"Gift aid" means grants, scholarships, tuition waivers, or
				  other forms of aid that do not need to be repaid and excludes loans or
				  work-study.
"Half-time enrollment" means enrolling into a minimum of six
				  credit hours for semester-based terms or its equivalent.
"Participating institution" means any comprehensive community
				  college, any other associate-degree-granting public institution of higher
				  education, or baccalaureate public institution of higher education.
"Program" means the Virginia Foster Care Tuition Grant
				  program.
"Satisfactory academic progress" means acceptable progress
				  towards completion of an approved course of study, as defined by the
				  institution for the purposes of eligibility under § 668 of the Federal
				  Compilation of Student Financial Aid Regulations. For purposes of this
				  definition, "approved course of study" means a curriculum of courses at the
				  undergraduate level leading to a first bachelor's degree. "Approved course of
				  study" does not include religious training or theological education in programs
				  in the 39.xxxx series, as classified in the National Center for Education
				  Statistics' Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP).
"Semester" means a division of an academic year approximately
				  15 to 16 weeks in length from the first day of classes through the last day of
				  exams for the fall and spring enrollment periods.
"Term" means the fall semester or quarter, winter quarter,
				  spring semester or quarter, or summer session.
"Tuition and mandatory fees" means the tuition and mandatory
				  education and general (E&G) fees and mandatory non-E&G fees charged by
				  the institution.
Statutory Authority: §
											23.1-601
					 of the Code of Virginia.