340:10-2-6.1 Educational services

Educational services are made available to enhance the participant's potential for employment. Assignment is based on the criteria listed in (1) through (6) of this Section. (1) Custodial parent participants under 20 years of age without a high school diploma are required to participate in educational activities directed toward the attainment of a high school diploma or its equivalent. Participants may be excused from high school attendance or courses designed to lead to a high school equivalency certificate when the employability plan includes an alternative, such as basic education or English as a second language (ESL). (2) Participants 20 years of age and older that have not completed high school may participate in a basic or remedial education program. (3) Assignment to remedial education services is appropriate for participants who read and write below high school level, even when they have a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate. Basic and remedial education includes: (A) Adult Basic Education (ABE) classes; (B) high school equivalency classes; (C) literacy classes; (D) tutoring; or (E) remedial reading classes. (4) Participants lacking proficiency in understanding, speaking, reading, or writing the English language are assigned to ESL classes. (5) Participants already in attendance at an institution of higher education are considered appropriately assigned when the participant cooperates in the assessment process and development of an appropriate employability plan. (A) When the institution of higher education has a Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)-funded contract, the participant must attend through the contracted provider. (B) The participant is required to participate the minimum number of hours in an activity per Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC) 340:10-2-1(2) or as mandated by the TANF-contracted provider. (C) The participant must maintain satisfactory academic progress with a minimum grade point average of 2.0 and verify progress at mid-term, when possible, and at the end of the semester. Progress may be verified by a grade report, transcript, or a statement from the contracted provider or other school official. (D) When satisfactory progress is not met, the worker submits Form 08TW008E, Higher Education Probationary Approval Request, to Adult and Family Services TANF program field representative staff to request a probationary approval period. When the probationary approval period is not approved, the participant is placed in another TANF Work activity.