The in-school period is a period of continuous enrollment during which the student maintains at least half-time enrollment. The grace period begins after the end of the in-school period.

Half-time or greater enrollment that does not necessarily include summer sessions. For the purposes of Direct Loans, a student who is in-school is not required to make payments on their loans while th [..]

Under the Stafford Subsidized loan program, the period during which a borrower pursues his or her studies as at least a half-time student at a participating school. This period begins with the date of [..]