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If a dependent 16 or 17-year-old fails to comply with this requirement, his/her needs will be removed from the grant. A child is a part-time student if s/he is enrolled in: • a public school or a licensed private school and the program calls for at least six (6) but less than twenty (20) hours of classroom instruction or vocational/technical training per week; • a junior college, college, or university and is carrying at least four (4) but less than eight (8) semester or quarter hours; or • a training program which: o is designed to prepare the student for gainful employment, o issues a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of the program, and o requires for attendance of at least six (6) but less than twenty 20 hours per week. If the child already has a high school diploma or a GED certificate, s/he is eligible for TANF as long as s/he is under age 18. 'Enrolled in' means that the particular school or training program considers the child to be a current student. The enrollment status continues: • during the summer months (through September) if the child was enrolled when school was dismissed for the summer break, and

• until the ESA worker verifies or receives notification that a child is no longer enrolled.

Example A school drops a child from its enrollment list in November due to non-attendance. The ESA Social Service Representative (SSR) is notified in January that the child is no longer enrolled. The ESA Worker should consider the child to be a student through January because it was in January when ESA received notification that the child was no longer enrolled. No overpayment is charged against the TANF grant. Dependent 18-year-old children Dependent 18-year-olds included in the TANF group must be enrolled in secondary school or an equivalent training program. An 18-year-old who has already graduated from high school is ineligible for TANF assistance as a dependent child. The 18-year-old must be enrolled full-time unless at least one (1) of the exemptions apply: • only part-time attendance is necessary to receive a diploma, or • the remaining portion of the day is spent in a work study or similar program. Full-time enrollment is defined in the same manner as for Dependent 16 and 17-year-olds above. The 18-year-old student becomes ineligible for TANF assistance as a dependent child if s/he is no longer physically attending unless s/he is not attending but: • has definite plans to resume his/her attendance within 30 days, or • is not currently attending due to: o illness of limited duration, o family emergency of limited duration,