[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR263.3]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
              SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 263--INDIAN FELLOWSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec.  263.3  What definitions apply to the Indian Fellowship and Professional Development Programs?

    (a) Definitions in EDGAR. The following terms used in this part are 
defined in 34 CFR 77.1:

Department
Secretary

    (b) Other definitions. The following definitions also apply to this 
part:
    Dependent allowance means costs for the care of minor children who 
reside with the fellow and for whom the fellow has responsibility.
    Expenses means tuition and required fees; required university health 
insurance; room, personal living expenses, and board at or near the 
institution; dependent allowance; instructional supplies; and reasonable 
travel and research costs associated with doctoral dissertation 
completion.
    Fellow means the recipient of a fellowship under the Indian 
Fellowship Program. The term ``fellow'' also includes individual project 
participants under the Professional Development Program with regard to 
the payback provisions contained in Sec. Sec.  263.35 through 263.37.
    Fellowship means an award under the Indian Fellowship Program.
    Full course load means the number of credit hours that the 
institution requires of a full-time student.
    Full-time student means a student who--
    (1) Is a degree candidate;
    (2) Carries a full course load; and
    (3) Is not employed for more than 20 hours a week.
    Good standing means a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 
on a 4.0 grade point scale in which failing grades are computed as part 
of the average, or another appropriate standard established by the 
institution.
    Graduate degree means a postbaccalaureate degree awarded by an 
institution of higher education beyond the undergraduate level.
    Indian means an individual who is--
    (1) A member of an Indian tribe or band, as membership is defined by 
the Indian tribe or band, including any tribe or band terminated since 
1940, and any tribe or band recognized by the State in which the tribe 
or band resides; or

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    (2) A descendant, in the first or second degree, of an individual 
described in paragraph (1) of this definition; or
    (3) Considered by the Secretary of the Interior to be an Indian for 
any purpose; or
    (4) An Eskimo, Aleut, or other Alaska Native; or
    (5) A member of an organized Indian group that received a grant 
under the Indian Education Act of 1988 as it was in effect on October 
19, 1994.
    Institution of higher education means an accredited college or 
university within the United States that offers a baccalaureate or 
postbaccalaureate degree.
    Payback means work-related service or cash reimbursement to the 
Department of Education for the training received under the Indian 
Fellowship or the Professional Development Program.
    Stipend means that portion of an award that is used for room and 
board and personal living expenses.
    Undergraduate degree means a baccalaureate (bachelor's) degree 
awarded by an institution of higher education.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7832, 7833, and 7881)