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VT LEG #363612 v.1 funds provided under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act, except that the Commissioner may fund financial assistance grants and support services of families participating in the Postsecondary Education Program with TANF block grant or State maintenance of effort funds when the a participating adult’s parent’s educational activities are a countable work activity under federal law and when it will further one or more of the purposes in subdivision 1121(c)(1) of this title. * * * (d) To be financially eligible to participate in the Postsecondary Education Program, the family’s gross income minus the a participating parent’s earnings shall not exceed 150 percent of the federal poverty level for the appropriate family size. (e) All financially eligible families who apply to participate in the Postsecondary Education Program will shall be considered for admission, provided that they meet all of the following criteria: (1) No more than one parent per family may participate at the same time. [Repealed.] (2) If the participating parent is in a two-parent family, the nonparticipating parent shall, if able-to-work, be working full-time; if able-to- work-part-time, shall be working at least the number of hours per week that he or she has been determined able-to-work-part-time; or, if unable-to-work, may be unemployed. [Repealed.]

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No. 133 Page 24 of 26 2022

VT LEG #363612 v.1 funds provided under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act, except that the Commissioner may fund financial assistance grants and support services of families participating in the Postsecondary Education Program with TANF block grant or State maintenance of effort funds when the a participating adult’s parent’s educational activities are a countable work activity under federal law and when it will further one or more of the purposes in subdivision 1121(c)(1) of this title. * * * (d) To be financially eligible to participate in the Postsecondary Education Program, the family’s gross income minus the a participating parent’s earnings shall not exceed 150 percent of the federal poverty level for the appropriate family size. (e) All financially eligible families who apply to participate in the Postsecondary Education Program will shall be considered for admission, provided that they meet all of the following criteria: (1) No more than one parent per family may participate at the same time. [Repealed.] (2) If the participating parent is in a two-parent family, the nonparticipating parent shall, if able-to-work, be working full-time; if able-to- work-part-time, shall be working at least the number of hours per week that he or she has been determined able-to-work-part-time; or, if unable-to-work, may be unemployed. [Repealed.]