Or. Admin. Code § 575-039-0010 - Definitions

(1) "Concurrently Enrolled." A student who attends more than one eligible institution under a written consortium agreement or concurrent enrollment program. The student's "home" institution determines the student's eligibility for federal and state financial aid, disburses funds to the student, and is responsible for reporting enrollment and disbursement information to the Commission.

(2) "Correctional facility." Any place used for the confinement of young persons, youth or youth offenders or persons charged with or convicted of a crime or otherwise confined under a court order, including a:

(a) Youth correction facility;

(b) Detention facility;

(c) Department of Corrections institution;

(d) Local correctional facility; or

(e) State hospital or a secure intensive community inpatient facility, with respect to persons detained therein who are youth or youth offenders, who are charged with or convicted of a crime or who are detained therein after having been found guilty except for insanity of a crime under ORS 161.290 to 161.370 or having been found responsible except for insanity under ORS 419C.411.

(3) "Date of First Release." Date when the person is released from a correctional facility, immediately following the period of custody or incarceration when the person completes the highest level of education as described in 575-039-0020, subsection (2), as determined by the agency responsible for the release from custody or incarceration.

(4) "Department of Corrections institution." Defined by ORS 421.005.

(5) "Dependent/Independent Student." The definition of dependent/independent student shall be the definition used for the student aid programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 as amended.

(6) "Detention facility," "young person," "youth" and "youth offender." Defined by ORS 419A.004.

(7) "Fees." Fees are the standard fees charged to all students.

(8) "Foster care." substitute care for children placed by the Department of Human Services or a tribal child welfare agency away from the child's parents and for whom the department or agency has placement and care responsibility, including placements in foster family homes, foster homes of relatives, group homes, emergency shelters, residential facilities, child care institutions and preadoptive homes.

(9) "Foster child." A child over whom the Department of Human Services retained jurisdiction under ORS 417.200 for the duration of the child's placement in foster care outside the state of Oregon, and who, on or after July 7, 2020, completes a high school diploma or credential substantially similar to those listed in OAR 575-039-0020, as determined by the commission, while placed in out-of-state foster care.

(10) "Full-Time Enrollment." Registration and payment of required fees as a full-time student, at an eligible institution or combination of eligible institutions, based on a minimum of 12 credit-hours per academic term. Students attending more than one eligible institution must meet the definition of concurrently enrolled as defined in OAR 575-031-0005(8) to be considered enrolled full time.

(11) "Half-Time Enrollment." Registration and payment of required fees as a half-time student, at an eligible institution or combination of eligible institutions, based on 6 to 11 credit-hours per academic term.

(12) "Local correctional facility." Defined by ORS 169.005.

(13) "Resident of Oregon." For purposes of the Oregon Promise Grant, residency is established by virtue of the student (in the case of independent students) or the student's parent (in the case of dependent students) having been in continuous residency in this state for the 12 months preceding enrollment in an eligible program at a community college in Oregon.

(a) A dependent resident student whose Oregon domiciled parent(s) move out-of-state shall retain resident classification as long as the student is continuously enrolled at an Oregon high school or Oregon postsecondary institution. Continuous enrollment is defined as completion of an academic year within any 12-month period;

(b) An independent resident student shall retain resident classification as long as the student is continuously enrolled at an Oregon postsecondary institution. Continuous enrollment is defined as completion of an academic year within any 12-month period;

(c) A dependent student whose parent(s) are serving on active duty in the U. S. Armed Forces outside the State of Oregon shall have residency status determined by the parents' declared "home of record".

(d) A student from a state other than Oregon, or from the Federated States of Micronesia, who is receiving or is eligible to receive financial assistance through the government of that state or the Federated States, shall not be considered a resident of Oregon;

(e) Eligibility for certain scholarships administered by the Commission does not necessarily qualify a student as an Oregon resident for the purposes of the Oregon Promise grant.

(f) Students who are enrolled members of federally recognized tribes of Oregon or who are enrolled members of a federally recognized Native American tribe which had traditional and customary tribal boundaries that included parts of the state of Oregon or which had ceded or reserved lands within the state of Oregon may be deemed eligible for this program, regardless of state of residence, if they meet all other eligibility criteria. For this purpose, federally recognized tribes are those listed in OAR 575-030-0005(1)(f).

(14) "Tuition." Tuition is the amount charged to a student for a course and is based upon the number of credit hours for which the course is offered.

(15) "Youth correction facility." Defined by ORS 420.005.

Notes

Or. Admin. Code § 575-039-0010

OSAC 2-2016, f. & cert. ef. 4/21/2016; OSAC 7-2019, amend filed 12/17/2019, effective 12/17/2019; OSAC 3-2020, amend filed 12/16/2020, effective 12/16/2020

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 341.522

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 341.522