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98 • Training program (including federally recognized training programs through the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR); or • Institution of higher education** A student will remain exempt during normal periods of class attendance, vacation, and recess. If the student graduates, enrolls less than half-time, is suspended or expelled, drops out, or does not intend to register for the next normal school term (excluding summer), the Agency must work register the individual, unless the individual qualifies for another exemption. *A home-schooled high school student, who is at least 18 years of age or older, will qualify for this exemption if the state’s secondary education officials recognize the home school as an acceptable secondary education provider. **Students enrolled at least half-time in an institution of higher education must meet the student eligibility requirements listed in Section 7.4 Students. (H) Unemployment Compensation A person receiving unemployment compensation. A person who has applied for, but is not yet receiving, unemployment compensation is also exempt if that person is complying with work requirements that are part of the unemployment compensation application process (UI). If the exemption claimed is questionable, the Agency is responsible for verifying the exemption with the appropriate office of the Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW). Persons losing exemption status due to any changes in circumstances that are subject to the reporting requirements of Chapter 15 Change Reporting Requirements must register for employment when the change is reported. The Agency must annotate the change to the member's exemption status on the most recent application/annual recertification /six-month recertification form. Those persons who lose their exemption due to a change in circumstances that is not subject to the reporting requirements of Chapter 15 Change Reporting Requirements must register for employment at their household's next recertification. Persons subject to simplified reporting requirements as specified in 15.3 Simplified Reporting Households who lose their exemption due to a change in circumstances that is not required to be reported, must be work registered at the household’s next recertification.