[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR693.5]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 693--NATIONAL EARLY INTERVENTION SCHOLARSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 693.5  What definitions apply to this program?

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

Applicant
Application
Award
Budget
Budget Period
Department
Elementary school
Fiscal Year
Grant
Grantee
Local educational agency (LEA)
Private
Project
Project Period
EDGAR
Secretary
State

    (b) Definitions in subpart A of the Institutional Eligibility 
regulations, 34 CFR part 600. The following terms used in this part are 
defined in 34 CFR part 600:
    Award year

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    Institution of higher education
    Recognized equivalent of a high school diploma
    (c) Definition in the Student Assistance General Provisions 
regulations, 34 CFR part 668. The following term used in this part is 
defined in 34 CFR part 668:
    Academic year
    (d) Other definitions that apply to this part. The following 
definitions also apply to this part:
    At-risk student means a preschool through grade 12 student whom a 
State identifies as being a potential dropout from secondary or 
postsecondary school.
    Disadvantaged student means a student who is either (1) a low-income 
individual who is also a first-generation college student; or (2) a 
student with disabilities.
    Early intervention program means a program that provides education-
related activities such as counseling, mentoring, academic support, 
outreach, and other supportive services, including providing information 
on opportunities for postsecondary student financial aid, to students 
enrolled in preschool through grade 12.
    First-generation college student means--
    (1) A student neither of whose parents completed a baccalaureate 
degree; or
    (2) A student who regularly resides with and receives support from 
only one parent who did not complete a baccalaureate degree.
    HEA means the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.
    Limited proficiency in English with reference to an individual, 
means an individual--
    (1)(i) Who was not born in the United States;
    (ii) Whose native language is other than English;
    (iii) Who comes from an environment in which a language other than 
English is most relied on for communication; or
    (iv) Who is an American Indian or Alaskan Native student and comes 
from an environment in which a language other than English has had a 
significant impact on his or her level of proficiency in English; and
    (2) Who, as a result of the circumstances described in paragraph (1) 
of this definition, is unable to learn successfully in classrooms in 
which instruction is in English because he or she cannot adequately 
understand, speak, read, or write English.
    Low-income individual means an individual whose taxable family 
income for the year before the year in which he or she is scheduled to 
receive assistance under this part did not exceed 150 percent of an 
amount equal to the poverty level determined by using criteria of 
poverty established by the U.S. Bureau of the Census or a resident who 
is considered to be a low-income resident by the State in which he or 
she lives.
    Postsecondary education means a program of education beyond the 
secondary school level.
    Priority student means any student within a State in preschool 
through grade 12 who is eligible--
    (1) To be counted as attending an institution receiving Federal 
funds under chapter 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965;
    (2) To receive free or reduced-price meals under the National School 
Lunch Act; or
    (3) To receive assistance under the Aid to Families with Dependent 
Children Act.
    Scholarship means an award made to an individual under this part.
    Secondary school, as defined under section 1471(21) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, means a day or 
residential school that provides secondary education, as determined 
under State law, except that it does not include any education beyond 
grade 12.
    State educational agency (SEA), as defined under section 1471(23) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, means the officer or 
agency primarily responsible for the State supervision of public 
elementary and secondary schools.
    Student with a disability, as defined in section 3(2) of the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102(2)), means a 
student with a physical or mental impairment that substantially

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limits one or more of the major life activities of the student and thus 
requires special education and related services.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-21 through 1070a-27)