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155 To be excluded, educational assistance, including grants, scholarships, fellowships, work study, educational loans on which payment is deferred, veterans' educational benefits and the like must be:

(A) Received under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, or under Bureau of Indian Affairs student assistance programs.

(B) Awarded to a household member enrolled at a:

(1) Recognized institution of post-secondary education (meaning any public or private educational institution which normally requires a high school diploma or equivalency certificate for enrollment or admits persons who are beyond the age of compulsory school attendance in the State in which the institution is located, provided that the institution is legally authorized or recognized by the State to provide an educational program beyond secondary education in the State or provides a program of training to prepare students for gainful employment, including correspondence schools at that level),

(2) School for the handicapped,

(3) Vocational education program,

(4) Vocational or technical school,

(5) Program that provides for obtaining a secondary school diploma or the equivalent;

(C) Used for or identified (earmarked) by the institution, school, program, or other grantor for the following allowable expenses:

(1) Tuition,

(2) Mandatory school fees, including the rental or purchase of any equipment, material, and supplies related to the pursuit of the course of study involved,

(3) Books,

(4) Supplies,

(5) Transportation,

(6) Miscellaneous personal expenses, other than normal living expenses, of the student incidental to attending a school, institution or program,