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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§10903 Definitions

Title 42 › CHAPTER 115 — CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › § 10903

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Sets meanings for key words used in the chapter. Eligible individual: a Child Development Associate candidate whose income does not exceed 130 percent of the lower living standard income level by more than 50 percent. Lower living standard income level: the yearly income amount the Secretary of Labor sets, adjusted for area and family size. Secretary: the Secretary of Health and Human Services. State: each State and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §10903

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For purposes of this chapter—
(1)the term “eligible individual” means a candidate for the Child Development Associate credential whose income does not exceed the 130 percent of the lower living standard income level, by more than 50 percent;
(2)the term “lower living standard income level” means that income level (adjusted for regional, metropolitan, urban, and rural differences and family size) determined annually by the Secretary of Labor and based on the most recent lower living family budget issued by the Secretary of Labor;
(3)the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and
(4)the term “State” means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1990—Par. (1). Pub. L. 101–501, § 502(1), substituted “130 percent of the lower living standard income level” for “poverty line, as defined in section 9902(2) of this title”. Pars. (2) to (4). Pub. L. 101–501, § 502(2), (3), added par. (2) and redesignated former pars. (2) and (3) as (3) and (4), respectively.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1990 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 101–501 effective Oct. 1, 1990, see section 1001(a) of Pub. L. 101–501, set out as a note under section 8621 of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1986, see section 1001 of Pub. L. 99–425, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1986 Amendment note under section 8621 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 10903

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110