602 School Attendance

Child Care - No requirement SNAP - No requirement POWER - W.S. 42-2-104 and 202, W.S. 21-4-101 and 102

Determine whether each child applicant or recipient, including a minor parent, meets the school attendance factor for POWER.

A. Through Age 15: Realize the parent(s) of a child age 15 and under, and who has not yet completed the tenth grade, must require the child, including a minor parent, to be currently enrolled and physically attending school full-time; Realize the DFS field office must form an appropriate team to work with the parent or caretaker relative of a child who is not attending school full-time and the parent or caretaker relative must cooperate in developing and implementing a plan to resolve the problem; and

1. Allow the child to remain exempt but do not authorize a POWER payment if the parent or caretaker relative does not cooperate in developing and implementing the plan.

B. Age 16 Through Age 17:

1. Require a child, excluding a minor parent, age 16 or older or who has completed the tenth grade and not graduated to be:

a. Currently enrolled and physically attending high school full-time; or

b. Complying with the work program performance requirements.

2. Do not authorize a performance payment for the performance period when compliance with the Pay-After-Performance requirements is not met.

C. Age 18 or a Minor Parent:

1. Require a child(ren) age 18 and a minor parent of any age to be: Currently enrolled and physically attending high school full-time; and Maintaining a "C" or equivalent cumulative grade point average

2. Require a child(ren) age 18 to graduate from the school or program before reaching the age of 19; and

3. Consider the student who is expected to complete high school sometime during the month of his/her 19th birthday eligible for the performance payment month since he/she was eligible for a portion of the performance period.

4. Remove the needs of the child the first of the performance period following the 18th birthday if he/she is not expected to graduate from the school or program before reaching the age of 19; or

5. Terminate the performance payment the first of the performance period following the month of the 18th birthday when the eligibility factor is not met by the only child in the assistance unit;

6. Require the minor parent to graduate as projected when beginning secondary school or within six months.

D. Not Attending School:

1. Find a dependent child eligible when absent from school because of official vacations, illness, convalescence or family emergency involving an immediate family member and the absence is temporary and the child was enrolled until the time of the absence.

2. Realize a dependent child who is mandatory for the POWER work program performance requirements must seek and accept employment during summer breaks if not enrolled in summer school full-time.

E. Verification of School Attendance:

1. Verify school attendance each September, fall midterm, January and spring midterm for those individuals age 16 and older and who are meeting the school attendance requirements.

2. Verify school attendance of children less than 16 years old when school attendance is questionable during the school year or if they are a minor parent.

3. Verify school attendance for all students for fall in the spring when pre-registration takes place.