Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part IV - Student Financial Assistance-Higher Education Scholarship and Grant Programs
Chapter 20 - John R. Justice Student Grant Program
Section IV-2003 - Definitions

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code IV-2003
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Words and terms not otherwise defined in this Chapter shall have the meanings ascribed to such words and terms in this Section. Where the masculine is used in these rules, it includes the feminine, and vice versa; where the singular is used, it includes the plural, and vice versa.

Adjusted Gross Income (AGI)-gross income minus any deductions allowed under the federal income tax code (title 26, United States Code).

Eligible Loan-an educational loan which is not paid in full and which was made under either the Federal Stafford Loan, Federal Graduate PLUS Loan, Federal Consolidation Loan, or Federal Perkins Loan program.

Federal Fiscal Year-October 1 to the following September 30.

Full-Time-works at least 30 hours per week as a prosecutor or defense attorney.

Least Ability to Pay-have the lowest differential between AGI and one hundred fifty percent of the poverty level for a family of the lawyers size among eligible applicants.

Licensed-holding a current license to practice law in the state of Louisiana.

Poverty Level-poverty guidelines as issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

Prosecutor-a lawyer who is a full-time employee of the state or of a unit of local government (including tribal government) who prosecutes criminal or juvenile delinquency cases at the state or unit of local government level (including supervision, education, or training of other persons prosecuting such cases).

Public Defender-a lawyer who:

a. is a full-time employee of the state or with a unit of local government (including tribal government) who provides legal representation to indigent persons in criminal or juvenile delinquency cases including supervision, education, or training of other persons providing such representation; or

b. who is a full-time employee of a nonprofit organization operating under a contract with the state or with a unit of local government who devotes substantially all of the employees full-time employment to providing legal representation to indigent persons in criminal or juvenile delinquency cases including supervision, education, or training of other persons providing such representation; or

c. who is employed as a full-time federal defense lawyer in a defender organization pursuant to 18 U.S.C.A. 2006A(g) that provides legal representation to indigent persons in criminal or juvenile delinquency cases.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:3021-3031 and R.S. 17:3129.7.

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