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92 adoptive or step-parent (regardless of marital status) is in the same SNAP household as the child. If no natural, adoptive or step-parent is in the same SNAP household as the child, another full-time student in the same SNAP household as the child may qualify for eligible student status under this provision if he or she has parental control over the child and is not living with his or her spouse. (K) Be assigned to or placed in an institution of higher education through or in compliance with the requirements of one of the programs identified below. Self-initiated placements during the period of time the person is enrolled in one of these employment and training programs will be considered to be in compliance with the requirements of the employment and training program in which the person is enrolled provided that the program has a component for enrollment in an institution of higher education and that program accepts the placement. Persons who voluntarily participate in one of these employment and training programs and are placed in an institution of higher education through or in compliance with the requirements of the program will also qualify for the exemption. The programs are: • Programs under Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) previously the Job Training Partnership Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1501, et seq.); • State SNAP Employment and Training Programs that meet one of the following: a. The course or program of study is part of a program of career and technical education as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006; or b. The course or program of study is a remedial, basic adult education, literacy, or English as a second language course. • A program under section 236 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2296); or • An employment and training program for low-income households that is operated by a State or local government where one or more of the components of such program is at least equivalent to an acceptable SNAP employment and training program component. See Section 9.4, SNAP Employment and Training (E&T) Program Components for acceptable employment and training program components.

(3) Enrollment status

The enrollment status of a student will begin on the first day of the school term of the institution of higher education. Such enrollment will be deemed to continue through normal periods of class attendance, vacation and recess, unless the student graduates, is suspended or expelled, drops out, or does not intend to register for the next normal school term (excluding summer school). (4) Income and resources