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o school suspension, or o house arrest. GC See TANF FS Attending 'institutions of higher education' (see definition below) may affect a person's eligibility. Students who are enrolled at least half-time in an institution of higher education must meet at least one of the following criteria to be eligible: • receiving TANF benefits; • under age 18 or over age 49; • physically or mentally unable to work; • employed and paid for at least 20 hours per week or self-employed for a minimum of 20 hours per week and paid the equivalent of working at least 20 hours per week at the federal minimum hourly wage (this includes on-the-job training, internships, and apprenticeships); • participating in a state or federally financed work study program (the exemption begins the date the person is approved for work study or the beginning of the school year, whichever is later, and continues over the period the work study is intended to cover, unless the student rejects or refuses a work study assignment); • responsible for the physical care of a dependent household member under age six; • responsible for the physical care of a dependent household member ages six through 11 when adequate child care is not available; • a single parent attending an institution of higher education full-time with responsibility for a child under 12; or • assigned to an institution of higher education through a program under the JTPA, Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), Trade Readjustment Assistance (TRA), or FSET. If a person is enrolled in a post-secondary program which contains both a classroom and a training component, the person is not considered a student when participating in the training component. When the person is attending classes, however, s/he is considered a student and is ineligible for the program unless one of the exemption criteria is met. All other students are ineligible for FS unless they receive TANF and/or SSI. TANF and SSI recipients may attend post-secondary institutions even if they are part of a Food Stamp unit that includes individuals who do not receive TANF or SSI. 'Institution of higher education' means any institution which normally requires a high school diploma or equivalency certificate for enrollment, including but not limited to colleges, universities, and vocational or technical schools at the post-high school level. The enrollment status of a student will begin on the first day of the school term of the institution of higher education. Such enrollment will be deemed to continue through normal periods of class attendance, vacation, and recess unless the student graduates, is suspended or expelled, drops out, or does not intend to register for the next normal school term (excluding summer school). Residents of institutions are not eligible for program participation. Dormitories are considered institutions if they provide students the majority of their meals, and the dormitory is not authorized to accept EBT cards. If a student can demonstrate that the dormitory does not provide him/her a majority of his/her meals, the student may participate if otherwise eligible; if the dormitory has separate room/board contracts, and the student only enters into a 'room' contract, the student would not be considered a resident of an institution.