"Department" means the Department of Children and Family Services.
"Direct service" means a position in foster care services, intact services, foster care licensing, adoption, or permanency or a supervisory position in the practice area.
"Eligible applicant" means a student who is enrolled in a social work program of study at a participating institution of higher education and who meets all of the qualifications as determined by the Department.
"Participating institution" means a public university in this State that is a party to an intergovernmental agreement entered into with the Department in order to participate in the program established under this Section.
"Tuition, university fees, and books" includes the customary charge for instruction and books or course material and the additional fixed fees charged for specified purposes that are required generally of students who are not program applicants under this Section for each academic year for which a program applicant under this Section actually enrolls, but does not include room and board, transportation fees, fees payable only once, breakage fees, and other contingent deposits that are refundable in whole or in part. The Department may adopt, by rule not inconsistent with this Section, detailed provisions concerning the computation of tuition, university fees, and books.
20 ILCS 505/44