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Title 7: SNAP Page 77 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter I: Specific Households and Participants Students Revised February 13, 2026 Nonfinancial Eligibility Student Status Legal reference: 7 CFR 273.5(b)(1) and (2), 273.7(b) Consider a newly enrolled college student to be enrolled starting on the first day of the school term, no matter when the student registered for classes or paid to enroll. Students retain their eligible or ineligible status during school vacations and breaks, including summer break, if they intend to register for the next normal school term. Summer school is not considered a normal school term. Student eligibility status no longer applies when the student graduates, is suspended or expelled, drops out, or does not intend to register for the next normal term. Resources Legal reference: 441 IAC 65.14(234) Exclude from resources all financial assistance received for education or training that is excluded for Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI)-related Medicaid. Income Legal reference: 441 IAC 65.12(234), Iowa Code Section 257.11B Treat educational assistance the same whether a student is attending an institution of higher education or a school or program that is not an institution of higher education. Do not count as income any financial assistance received for education or training that is exempt for MAGI-related Medicaid. In addition, regardless of how MAGI treats work study, treat it as follows for SNAP:  Federally funded work study is excluded.  State-funded work study is excluded up to the amount ear-marked for educational expenses. NOTE: Funds in a Students First Education Savings Account, established by the Students First Act which was signed into Iowa law on January 24, 2023, are excluded.