The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

1. (1) Board or Coordinating Board--The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
2. (2) Commissioner--The Commissioner of Higher Education, the Chief Executive Officer of the Board.
3. (3) Financial need--An indication of a student's inability to meet the full cost of attending a college or university, measured by an income methodology, which considers a student to have financial need if his or her adjusted gross annual income is less than income levels set annually by the Commissioner. If the student is a dependent, the family's adjusted gross family income is considered; if the student is independent, only the student's income (and the income of the student's spouse, if he or she is married) are considered.

4. (4) Mentor--An eligible student employed to:

   1. (A) help students at participating eligible institutions or to help high school students in participating school districts; or
   2. (B) counsel high school students at GO Centers or similar high school-based recruiting centers designed to improve access to higher education.
5. (5) Participating Entity--An eligible institution, a school district, or a nonprofit organization that has filed a memorandum of understanding with the Coordinating Board under this subchapter.
6. (6) Program--The Work-Study Student Mentorship Program.

Source Note:The provisions of this §4.193 adopted to be effective November 27, 2007, 32 TexReg 8487.