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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FNS 235 STUDENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

4 Section 235 Change #6-2021 July 12, 2021 1. An on-the-job training program for Food and Nutrition Services purposes is one in which a participant is hired by a private or public employer and while engaged in productive work receiving training that provides knowledge or skills essential to the full and adequate performance of that job. 2. The student is considered to be participating in on-the-job training only during the period of time the person is being trained by the employer. During the period of time that the person is attending classes, he or she would have to meet one of the other eligible student criteria to be eligible for the program. EXAMPLE: A person is in a program which requires that he or she attend classes full-time at an education institution for ten weeks and, subsequently, be trained by an employer for an additional ten weeks. Only the latter ten-week period would be considered participation in an on-the- job training program for purposes of the student provision. During the ten- week period the person is only attending classes, he or she would be ineligible unless he or she meets one of the other eligible student criteria. K. Be participating in a State or federally financed work-study program during the regular school year. 1. The student must be approved for work-study at the time of application or will be added as a change when the work-study is approved; and 2. The work study must be approved for the school term; and 3. The student must be working to earn this exemption. 4. This exemption begins with the month the school term starts or the month the work-study is approved, whichever is later. The exemption continues until the end of the month in which the school term stops. 5. Do not continue this exemption if the student refuses a work-study assignment. 6. Do not continue this exemption between school terms when the break is more than a month unless the student participates in work-study during the break. 235.05 STUDENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION VERIFICATION A. Client statement is acceptable verification of student status for online and/or traditional classroom studies unless questionable.