008.01(I) POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.

Post-secondary education is a specific educational program at a college or university. The completion of post-secondary education leads to the attainment of a baccalaureate degree. Post-graduate programs may not be approved in the Self- Sufficiency Contract. Post-secondary education is limited to that which is directly related to the fulfillment of an individual's occupational goal. Post-secondary education programs that can be included in the Self-Sufficiency Contract must be for occupations that facilitate economic self-sufficiency. In order for post-secondary education to be included in the Self-Sufficiency Contract, the participant must demonstrate that the educational program will lead to economic self- sufficiency within the individual's time limits. The participant and the Department must have substantiating labor market information. For additional marketable skills, financial aid and maintaining satisfactory progress, see regulation earlier in this chapter. If the participant is ineligible for student financial aid because of a default on a student loan, the Self-Sufficiency Contract cannot contain post- secondary education until the loan is rehabilitated through arrangements made with the lending institution. The participant may ask for assistance in this process.