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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 1000

Enrollment in an educational institution begins with the first day of the school term. This is the day that classes actually begin. Enrollment will be considered to continue through normal periods of class attendance and also through periods of vacation and recess. Enrollment ends when the individual graduates, is expelled, withdraws from school, or states that he does not intend to register for the next normal school term, excluding summer school. When it is necessary to determine half-time enrollment (see SNAP 1622.2), half-time enrollment will be defined by the educational institution where the student is enrolled. 1622.2 Applying the Student Criteria SNAP Manual 02/01/20 Household members that are enrolled at least half time in an institution of higher education and who are at least age 18 but no older than age 50 and who are physically and mentally fit must meet at least one of the criteria listed in this section. If not, these members will be considered ineligible students. Criteria 1: Employment The student must be employed at least an average of 20 hours per week (not less than 80 hours per month) at any rate of pay and be paid for such employment. If self-employed, the student must actually work at least an average of 20 hours per week and must receive weekly earnings at least equal to the Federal minimum wage multiplied by 20 hours. Criteria 2: Work Study The student must be approved to participate in a state or federally financed work-study program. The student must be approved for the work study program at the time of application even though he or she may not actually be working at that time. A student who is approved for work study at the time of application and anticipates starting a job later in the school year is an eligible student. Eligible student status will begin the month in which the school term begins, or the month work study is approved, whichever is later. Once begun, the student’s status as an eligible student continues until the end of the month in which the school term ends, or it becomes known the student has refused an assignment. A student who has stopped working during the school year because the work study funding has run out would continue to be classified as an eligible student. Eligible student status will also be granted to full time students participating in the work incentive program under Title IV of the Social Security Act or its Successors.