33-4403. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter:
(1) "Accredited institution of higher education" means any public or private university, college, or community college in Idaho accredited by the northwest association of schools and colleges, or any public professional-technical school operated by the state of Idaho or any political subdivision thereof; provided, that no institution of higher education shall be eligible to participate in the program unless it agrees to and complies with program rules adopted by the board pursuant to chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code; provided, further, that private accredited institutions of higher education which are controlled by sectarian organizations, and students attending such institutions, may participate only in the educational need, off-campus work experience portion of this program and such off-campus employment may not be located at, or be performed on behalf of, a sectarian or religious establishment.
(2) "Board" means the state board of education.
(3) "Program" means the Idaho work study program established pursuant to this chapter.
(4) "Resident student" means an individual as defined in section 33-3717B, Idaho Code.
(5) "Student" means an individual currently at an Idaho school enrolled in a postsecondary degree program, or a state supported professional-technical program.
(6) "Student with educational need" means a post-high school student in good standing at an accredited institution of higher learning who is desirous of obtaining work experience related to the student’s course of academic study, in either on-campus or approved off-campus employment, and who meets the institutional requirements for determining educational need; provided, however, a student whose academic course of study is sectarian in nature or who is pursuing an educational program leading to a baccalaureate degree in theology or divinity may not participate in this program.
(7) "Student with financial need" means a post-high school student in good standing at an accredited institution of higher learning who demonstrates to the institution the financial inability, either through the student’s parents, family and/or personally, to meet the institutionally defined cost of education, and further demonstrates the ability and willingness to work in a student work study program, according to the stated needs of the institution.
History:
[33-4403, added 1989, ch. 124, sec. 1, p. 273; am. 1990, ch. 95, sec. 2, p. 199; am. 1999, ch. 329, sec. 38, p. 879; am. 2005, ch. 210, sec. 8, p. 633.]