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Applied Technology Education Act, are excluded.

Any student financial assistance provided to undergraduate, graduate or professional students under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and under Bureau of Indian Affairs student assistance programs and used for educational purposes is excluded. Title IV aid includes (but is not limited to): Pell Grants, Stafford Loans, Plus Loans, Federal Direct Loans, Federal work study income, Bureau of Indian Affairs Grant Program, etc.

Student financial assistance made available for the attendance costs under programs in the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act is excluded. Attendance costs are: tuition and fees normally assessed a student carrying the same academic workload as determined by the institution, and including costs for rental or purchase of any equipment, materials, or supplies required of all students in the same course of study; and an allowance for books, supplies, transportation, dependent care and miscellaneous personal expenses for a student attending the institution on at least a half-time basis, as determined by the institution.