.04 NA Student Eligibility-Exemptions
Effective 01/01/2021, see
Urgent Bulletin emailed 01/14/2021 regarding a temporary student exemption.
An NA participant may meet the
definition of student, but does not meet the criteria in
NA Student Employment,
NA Student Work Study, or
NA Student Jobs - E&T. When this occurs, the participant may be an eligible student for NA when they meet any of the following exemptions:
●Under the age of 18, or over the age of 49.
●Receive any CA benefits. When the student is receiving cash assistance, key the CA Exemption Reason Code in the STUDENT EXEM field on SSDO. (See
CA Supportive Services)
●Meets the
Unfit for Work NA Work Requirement Exemption. When the student meets the Unfit for Work NA Work Requirement Exemption, key the ET Exemption Reason Code in the STUDENT EXEM field on SSDO.
●The student is responsible for the care of a dependent child, based on one of the following caretaker exemptions:
The student is a single parent, enrolled full time and responsible for the care of a dependent child under age 12, regardless of
adequate child care.
The child is over age five and under age 12 and adequate childcare is not available. (See Example
NA student caretaker exemption 1)
The child is under the age of six.
NOTE When the student meets the criteria for the caretaker of a child exemption, key the CH Exemption Reason Code in the STUDENT EXEM field on SSDO.
When the NA budgetary unit includes more than one child and more than one adult student responsible for the care of the children, every student is eligible for the caretaker exemption at a ratio of one student per eligible child. (See Example
NA student caretaker exemption 2 and Example
NA student caretaker exemption 3)