Removes the definition of "Institution of higher education" from the definition section to the student applicability section where it has been reformatted to facilitate a better understanding of the student provisions.

Changes the work study exemption from the current requirement that a student must actually be working in a work study job to one where a person must only be approved for work study.

Expands the student eligibility criteria for persons in Employment and Training (E&T) programs by allowing student eligibility for self-initiated or voluntary placements in an institution of higher education.

Requires counties to determine that a person has been placed in an institution of higher education through a state or local E&T program.

Exempts a person from the student eligibility requirements only when he/she is involved in actual on-the-job training. When he/she is only attending classes in an institution of higher education, he/she must meet one of the student eligibility requirements.

Expands the definition of a single parent as being a natural, adoptive, or stepparent regardless of marital status as long as no other natural, adoptive, or stepparent is in the household.