801—9.4 (35) General requirements.
	 9.4(1) Method of payment.
	  a.   	 The department shall make payment directly to the school by quarters, semesters, or periods, however the school operates.
	  b.   	 No payments shall be made directly to the war orphan.
	  c.   	 Full-time students are honored for higher payments over part-time students. Payments shall be prorated by the department on behalf of a war orphan on the basis of time spent in school.
	  d.   	 The school shall submit triplicate billing to the executive director thereby certifying that the war orphan is in attendance and the number of hours of attendance.
	 9.4(2) How assistance may be used. War orphans educational assistance may be used to defray the expenses of tuition, matriculation, laboratory and similar fees, books and supplies, board, lodging, and any other reasonably necessary expense for the child or children attending a school meeting the requirements set forth above.
	 9.4(3) Scholastic and financial standing. War orphans educational assistance is a gift from the state of Iowa to eligible war orphans and is given regardless of scholastic or financial standing.
	 9.4(4) Unrestricted factors. There are no restrictions on war orphans with respect to age, number of years of planned attendance at a school of learning, or marital status.