[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR644.7]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 644_EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTERS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 644.7  What definitions apply?

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

Applicant
Application
Budget
Budget period
EDGAR
Equipment
Facilities
Fiscal year
Grant
Grantee
Private
Project
Project period
Public
Secretary
Supplies

    (b) Other definitions. The following definitions also apply to this 
part:
    HEA means the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.
    Institution of higher education means an educational institution as 
defined in sections 1201(a) and 481 of the HEA.
    Low-income individual means an individual whose family's taxable 
income did not exceed 150 percent of the poverty level amount in the 
calendar year preceding the year in which the individual initially 
participated in the project. The poverty level amount is determined by 
using criteria of poverty

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established by the Bureau of the Census of the U.S. Department of 
Commerce.
    Participant means an individual who--
    (i) Is determined to be eligible to participate in the project under 
Sec. 644.3; and
    (ii) Receives project services.
    Postsecondary education means education beyond the secondary school 
level.
    Potential first-generation college student means--
    (i) An individual neither of whose parents received a baccalaureate 
degree; or
    (ii) An individual who regularly resided with and received support 
from only one parent and whose supporting parent did not receive a 
baccalaureate degree.
    Secondary school means a school that provides secondary education as 
determined under State law, except that it does not include education 
beyond grade 12.
    Target area means a geographic area served by an Educational 
Opportunity Centers project.
    Veteran means a person who served on active duty as a member of the 
Armed Forces of the United States--
    (i) For a period of more than 180 days, any part of which occurred 
after January 31, 1955, and who was discharged or released from active 
duty under conditions other than dishonorable; or
    (ii) After January 31, 1955, and who was discharged or released from 
active duty because of a service-connected disability.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11, 1070a-16, and 1141)