[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR304.3]

[Page 217]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
            REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 304--SPECIAL EDUCATION--PERSONNEL PREPARATION TO IMPROVE SERVICES AND RESULTS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec.  304.3  What definitions apply to this program?

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

Applicant
Award
Department
EDGAR
Grantee
Project
Recipient
Secretary

    (b) The following definitions apply to this program:
    Academic year means--
    (1) A full-time course of study--
    (i) Taken for a period totaling at least nine months; or
    (ii) Taken for the equivalent of at least two semesters, two 
trimesters, or three quarters; or
    (2) For a part-time student, the accumulation of periods of part-
time courses of study that is equivalent to an ``academic year'' under 
paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
    Act means the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. 
1400 et seq.
    Early intervention services means early intervention services as 
defined in section 632(4) of the Act.
    Full-time, for purposes of determining whether an individual is 
employed full-time in accordance with Sec.  304.23, means a full-time 
position as defined by the individual's employer or by the agencies 
served by the individual.
    Payback means monetary repayment of scholarship assistance in lieu 
of completion of a service obligation.
    Related services means related services as defined in section 
602(22) of the Act.
    Scholar means an individual who is pursuing a degree, license, 
endorsement, or certification related to special education, related 
services, or early intervention services and who receives scholarship 
assistance under this part.
    Scholarship means financial assistance to a scholar for training 
under the program and includes all disbursements or credits for tuition, 
fees, student stipends, and books, and travel in conjunction with 
training assignments.
    Service obligation means a scholar's employment obligation, as 
described in section 673(h) of the Act and Sec.  304.23(b).
    Special education means special education as defined in section 
602(25) of the Act.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1473(h))