Washington Administrative Code › Title 250 - Student Achievement Council › Chapter 250-40 - State work-study program › Section 250-40-030 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) "Financial
			 need" shall be the difference between the budgetary cost to the student
			 attending an institution of postsecondary education and the total family
			 contribution which the institutional financial aid administrator determines can
			 reasonably be expected to be available to the student for meeting such
			 costs.
(2) "Budgetary cost" of
			 attending an institution shall consist of those costs required to support the
			 individual and other costs in accordance with federal costs of attendance
			 calculations during the period of enrollment. Budgets will reflect the
			 applicable year's cost levels for tuition, room and board, transportation,
			 books, supplies, personal expenses, and any other cost factors deemed necessary
			 for consideration, consistent with WAC
			 250-40-040(2)(a).
(3) "Total family contribution and resources"
			 shall be consistent with amounts recognized by federal need analysis criteria,
			 unless otherwise modified in accordance with these rules and program
			 guidelines.
(4) "Washington
			 resident" shall be defined as an individual who satisfies the requirements of
			 RCW
			  28B.15.011 -28B.15.013 except resident
			 students defined in
			 RCW
			  28B.15.012(2)(e) and
			 board-adopted rules and regulations pertaining to the determination of
			 residency.
(5) "Eligible
			 institution of postsecondary education" shall mean any postsecondary
			 educational institution in the state of Washington accredited by the Northwest
			 Association of Schools and Colleges; or a branch campus of a member institution
			 accredited by Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, New England
			 Association of Schools and Colleges, North Central Association of Colleges and
			 Schools, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Northwest Association of
			 Schools and Colleges, or Western Association of Schools and Colleges that is
			 eligible for federal student financial aid assistance and has operated as a
			 nonprofit college or university delivering on-site classroom instruction for a
			 minimum of twenty consecutive years in the state of Washington; or any public
			 technical colleges in the state of Washington.
(6) "Eligible employer" shall be defined as
			 any eligible institution of postsecondary education; any nonprofit
			 organization; or any private sector employer producing a good or providing a
			 service for sale or resale to others, which can and agrees to provide
			 employment of a demonstrable benefit related to the student's postsecondary
			 educational pursuits and which conducts business within the state of
			 Washington; or any other employer approved by the office. In approving an
			 employer as eligible, the office or an institution acting as its agent will
			 consider at the minimum:
(a) The relationship
			 of the jobs to the students' educational objectives;
(b) The potential for displacement of regular
			 employees;
(c) The rate of pay as
			 compared to salaries and wages provided other employees engaged in similar
			 work; and
(d) The employer's
			 compliance with applicable federal and state civil rights laws.