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Subject: SNAP Students in Higher Education

Policy 24.27

Date of Last Review: 11/30/2023 Effective Date: 05/01/2019 Date of Next Review: 11/30/2026 RDA: SW22

Page 4 of 7 4. Consider ineligible students as non-household (HH) members, regardless of their relationship to other HH members. E. Verification For procedures in establishing student status and determining how to treat the income, deductions, and resources of ineligible students staff shall refer to Establishing Student Status and the Treatment of Income, Resources, and Deductions for Ineligible Students. F. Treatment of Educational Income 1. All educational income is excluded, with the exception of assistance which is designated for normal living expenses for eligible students. 2. The excluded educational income may be from, but is not limited to: a. Title IV of the Higher Education Act b. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) c. Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act d. Non-Title IV educational income e. Nonfederal deferred payment loans that are specifically earmarked by the lender for education expenses. f. Federal grants g. Private sources including scholarships earmarked by the grantor as a reimbursement or an allowance for education expenses. h. All college work-study education income. G. Treatment of Resources for Eligible Students 1. An eligible student's resources are considered in the same manner as for any other eligible HH member. 2. Educational expenses will not be deducted from resources. 3. Exclude educational funds as resources unless they are retained after the period of intended use. 4. Refer to How to Treat the Resources of an Eligible Student for examples of how to treat the resources of an eligible student. H. Enrollment and Changes in Student Status 1. A student's enrollment status begins on the first day of the school term of the institution of higher education. Such enrollment shall be deemed to continue through normal periods of class attendance, vacation, and recess. The enrollment status ends when the student either: a. graduates; b. is suspended;