[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

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



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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 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)