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Educational income received by any person determined to be an eligible AG member is to be considered in the budget calculation. 2860.05.00 EXEMPT EDUCATIONAL INCOME
Grants, awards, scholarships, and work study income received under Title IV of the Higher Education Act, or the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) programs are exempt.
For SNAP, these types of income are exempt for all students.
For TANF, they are exempt only for undergraduate students.
Included are the following: • Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOG or PELL Grants); • Presidential Access Scholarships (Super PELL Grants); • Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG); • State Student Incentives Grants (SSIG); • Federal Work Study Funds; • TRIO Grants (Go to organizations or institutions for students from disadvantaged backgrounds): • Upward Bound (Some stipends go to students); • Student Support Services; • Robert E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement. • Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program; • College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) for students whose families are engaged in migrant and seasonal farm work; • High School Equivalency Program (HEP); • National Early Intervention Scholarship and Partnership Program.
Federally funded educational loans are exempt for all students (undergraduate and graduate) for all programs. They include the following: • Federal Direct Student Loan Programs (FDSLP) (formerly GSL and FFELP); • Federal Direct Supplemental Loan Program (provides loans to students); • Federal Direct PLUS Program (provides loans to parents); • Federal Direct Stafford Loan Program; and Federal Consolidated Loan Program; Perkins Loan. 2860.10.00 NON-EXEMPT EDUCATIONAL INCOME
Student financial assistance received from a source not listed in Section 2860.05.00 is considered as non-exempt income. However, it is not necessarily budgeted as income to the AG.
Non-exempt educational income is included only to the extent that it is accessible for meeting the AG's general living expenses. When educational income is inaccessible (received directly by the