Section 254.1660  Eligibility of Students

Employment under the work-study program shall be furnished only to a student who:

a)         is currently enrolled in or preregistered for a vocational education course which has been approved for funding by the State Board of Education and, if currently enrolled, is in good standing and in full-time attendance in such a course;

b)         is capable of maintaining good standing in the vocational education program while employed under the work-study program;

c)         is in need of earnings from employment under the work-study program to commence or continue a program of vocational education as determined on the basis of one or more of the following criteria –  

1)         student, or parent(s) or guardian of the student is eligible for public assistance,

2)         student is eligible for participation in a reduced price lunch program,

3)         student is eligible for financial assistance under another federally funded financial assistance program for needy students, or

4)         other locally established criteria for the determination of financial need which are approved in writing by the State Board of Education; and

d)         is at least fifteen years of age and less than twenty-one years of age on the date of commencement of employment under the work-study program.

(Source:  Amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 13503, effective September 28, 1983)