As used in this subarticle:

“AFDC” is an acronym for the program which provides aid to families with dependent children under this act.

“Attendance problem” means a situation which arises when a qualified individual has been reported as illegally absent under section 1354 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L. 30, No. 14),¹ known as the “Public School Code of 1949.”

“Demonstration program” means the School Attendance Improvement Program established in section 463.

“Full day” means the entire school day as defined by the school board.

“Qualified individual” means an individual from an area participating in the demonstration program who receives AFDC payments or a child whose parent or guardian receives AFDC payments, who is eight to eighteen years of age and who has not graduated from school or obtained a certificate of satisfactory completion of a general educational development test.

“School” means any public or private school operated pursuant to the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L. 30, No. 14), known as the “Public School Code of 1949”; any vocational, technical or college-affiliated program which satisfies requirements for completion of a high school education program; any program which leads to a certificate of satisfactory completion of a general educational development test; or any home educational program approved by the Department of Education.