[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR690.8]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 690_FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart A_Scope, Purpose and General Definitions
 
Sec. 690.8  Enrollment status for students taking regular and correspondence 

courses.

    (a) If, in addition to regular coursework, a student takes 
correspondence courses from either his or her own institution or another 
institution having an agreement for this purpose with the student's 
institution, the correspondence work may be included in determining the 
student's enrollment status to the extent permitted under paragraph (b) 
of this section.
    (b) Except as noted in paragraph (c) of this section, the 
correspondence work that may be included in determining a student's 
enrollment status is that amount of work which--
    (1) Applies toward a student's degree or certificate or is remedial 
work taken by the student to help in his or her course of study;
    (2) Is completed within the period of time required for regular 
course work; and
    (3) Does not exceed the amount of a student's regular course work 
for the payment period for which the student's enrollment status is 
being calculated.
    (c)(1) Notwithstanding the limitation in paragraph (b)(3) of this 
section, a student who would be a half-time student based solely on his 
or her correspondence work is considered a half-time student unless the 
calculation in paragraph (b) of this section produces an enrollment 
status greater than half-time.
    (2) A student who would be a less-than-half-time student based 
solely on his or her correspondence work or a combination of 
correspondence work and regular course work is considered a less-than-
half-time student.
    (d) The following chart provides examples of the rules set forth in 
this section. It assumes that the institution defines full-time 
enrollment as 12 credits per term, making the half-time enrollment equal 
to 6 credits per term.

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                                                                     Total course
                                                                    load in credit
                                    No. of credit   No. of credit      hours to
        Under Sec.  690.8          hours regular       hours          determine          Enrollment status
                                        work       correspondence     enrollment
                                                                        status
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(b)(3)...........................               3               3                 6  Half-time.
(b)(3)...........................               3               6                 6  Half-time.
(b)(3)...........................               3               9                 6  Half-time.
(b)(3)...........................               6               3                 9  Three-quarter-time.
(b)(3)...........................               6               6                12  Full-time.
(b)(3) and (c)...................               2               6                 6  Half-time.
(c) \1\..........................  ..............  ..............  ................  Less-than-half-time.
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\1\ Any combination of regular and correspondence work that is greater than 0, but less than 6 hours.


(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a)

[52 FR 45735, Dec. 1, 1987, as amended at 59 FR 54731, Nov. 1, 1994; 71 
FR 38004, July 3, 2006]

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