34 CFR §206.5
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- (a)Definitions in EDGAR. The following terms used in this part are defined in 34 CFR 77.1(c) (EDGAR, Definitions):
- (b)Definitions in the grants administration regulations. The following terms used in this part are defined in 2 CFR part 200, as adopted in 2 CFR part 3474:
- (c)Program definitions. The following additional definitions apply specifically to HEP and CAMP:
- (1)Act means the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.
- (2)Agricultural activity means:
- (3)Farmwork means any agricultural activity, performed for either wages or personal subsistence, on a farm, ranch, or similar establishment.
- (4)Full-time, with respect to an individual, means a student who is carrying a full-time academic workload, as defined in 34 CFR part 690 (regulations for the Pell Grant Program).
- (5)Immediate family member means one or more of the following:
- (6)Institution of higher education means an educational institution that:
- (i)Is in a State;
- (ii)Is authorized by that State to provide a program of education beyond secondary school;
- (iii)Is a public or nonprofit institution;
- (iv)Admits as a regular student only a person who:
- (v)Provides:
- (vi)
- (A)Is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association;
- (B)Has satisfactorily assured the Secretary that it will meet the accreditation standards of a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association within a reasonable time considering the resources available to the institution, the period of time, if any, it has operated, and its effort to meet accreditation standards; or
- (C)Has its credits accepted on transfer by at least three accredited institutions on the same basis as those institutions accept transfer credits from fully accredited institutions.
- (7)Migrant farmworker means a seasonal farmworker—as defined in paragraph (c)(8) of this section—whose employment required travel that precluded the farmworker from returning to his or her domicile (permanent place of residence) within the same day.
- (8)Seasonal farmworker means a person whose primary employment was in farmwork on a temporary or seasonal basis (that is, not a constant year-round activity) for a period of at least 75 days within the past 24 months.
- (d)Other definitions. For purposes of determining program eligibility under § 206.3(a)(2), the definitions in 34 CFR 200.81 (Title I—Migrant Education Program) and 20 CFR 633.104 (Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor—Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Programs) apply.