Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 P.S. Education § 5153. Definitions

(1) “Financial need” means the need of the full-time student, or the student enrolled on a less than full-time basis but enrolled on at least a half-time basis, as determined by the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency or according to standards and tests of financial need approved by the agency.

(2) “Approved institution of higher learning.” Approved institution of higher learning shall mean any institution of higher learning approved by the agency.

(3) “Approved high school.” Approved high school means any public high school located in the Commonwealth, and any public or private secondary school, whether designated as a high school, academy, preparatory school, or otherwise, located in the Commonwealth or elsewhere, which in the judgment of the Department of Public Instruction,  1 provides a course of instruction, at the secondary level, and maintains standards of instruction substantially equivalent to those of the public high schools located in the Commonwealth.

(4) “Full-time student.” The term shall have the meaning given to it by the agency in its rules, regulations or standards except that it shall not include individuals incarcerated in a penal institution.

(5) “Half-time student.” The term shall have the meaning given to it by the agency in its rules, regulations or standards except that it shall not include individuals incarcerated in a penal institution.