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§10307 Definitions

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle I— Comprehensive Acts › Chapter 101— JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT › Subchapter XI— PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ DEATH BENEFITS › Part B— Educational Assistance to Dependents of Civilian Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed or Disabled in Line of Duty › § 10307

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Summary

Defines three key words used in this part. Attorney General means the U.S. Attorney General. Program of education means a course, subject, or set of courses at an eligible school that people accept as needed to reach a specific educational, professional, or job goal; it can cover more than one goal if the goals are clearly related to the same career field. Eligible educational institution means a school that counts as a “higher education” institution under section 102 of the Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1002) and that can take part in Title IV federal student-aid programs (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.).

Title 34, §10307

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For purposes of this part:

(1)The term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States.

(2)The term “program of education” means any curriculum or any combination of unit courses or subjects pursued at an eligible educational institution, which generally is accepted as necessary to fulfill requirements for the attainment of a predetermined and identified educational, professional, or vocational objective. It includes course work for the attainment of more than one objective if in addition to the previous requirements, all the objectives generally are recognized as reasonably related to a single career field.

(3)The term “eligible educational institution” means an institution which—

(A)is an institution of higher education, as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002); and

(B)is eligible to participate in programs under title IV of such Act [20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.].

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Higher Education Act of 1965, referred to in par. (3)(B), is Pub. L. 89–329, Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1219. Title IV of the Act is classified generally to subchapter IV (§ 1070 et seq.) of chapter 28 of Title 20, Education. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1001 of Title 20 and Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 3796d–6 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

2013—Par. (3)(A). Pub. L. 112–239 substituted “an institution of higher education, as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002); and” for “described in section 481 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088), as in effect on October 3, 1996; and”. 1998—Pars. (2) to (4). Pub. L. 105–390 redesignated pars. (3) and (4) as (2) and (3), respectively, and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: “The term ‘Federal law

Enforcement

officer’ has the same meaning as under part A of this subchapter.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2013 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 112–239 effective Jan. 2, 2013, and applicable to matters pending on Jan. 2, 2013, or filed or accruing after that date, with certain exceptions, see section 1086(d) of Pub. L. 112–239, set out as a note under section 10251 of this title.