234.1  Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1.  "Administrator" means the administrator of the division.

2.  "Child" means either a person less than eighteen years of age or a person eighteen or nineteen years of age who meets any of the following conditions:

a.  Is in full-time attendance at an accredited school pursuing a course of study leading to a high school diploma.

b.  Is attending an instructional program leading to a high school equivalency diploma.

c.  Has been identified by the director of special education of the area education agency as a child requiring special education as defined in section 256B.2, subsection 1.

A person over eighteen years of age who has received a high school diploma or a high school equivalency diploma is not a child within the definition in this subsection.

3.  "Division" or "state division" means that division of the department of human services to which the director has assigned responsibility for income and service programs.

4.  "Food programs" means the food stamp and donated foods programs authorized by federal law under the United States department of agriculture.

Section History: Early form

  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, § 234.1; 81 Acts, ch 7, § 11]

Section History: Recent form

  83 Acts, ch 96, § 160; 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1419; 92 Acts, ch 1229, § 20; 93 Acts, ch 54, §3

Internal References

  Referred to in § 35D.10, 235.1, 237.1, 237.15, 252.14, 425.15


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