85-3202.

Terms, defined.

For purposes of the Door to College Scholarship Act:

(1) Award means a grant of money under the act by the commission in the form of a Door to College Scholarship to an eligible student for educational expenses;

(2) Award year means the period beginning on July 1 through the following June 30;

(3) Commission means the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education;

(4) Educational expenses means student costs for tuition, mandatory fees, other education-related fees, room and board, books, and other costs related to a student's education;

(5) Eligible postsecondary educational institution means a public or private postsecondary educational institution:

(a) Located in Nebraska;

(b) Primarily engaged in the instruction of students;

(c) Satisfying state statutory requirements relating to the approval and licensure of schools, colleges, and universities and maintaining accreditation by an accrediting organization recognized by the United States Department of Education;

(d) Offering courses of instruction in regularly scheduled classes to regularly enrolled undergraduate students who reside in Nebraska and have received a high school diploma or the equivalent; and

(e) Which has adopted, and has available for inspection, award refund and repayment policies;

(6) Eligible student means an undergraduate student who:

(a) Graduated from high school from an accredited education program at a youth rehabilitation and treatment center operated and utilized in compliance with state law or graduated from an approved or accredited public, private, denominational, or parochial school within one year after being discharged from a youth rehabilitation and treatment center operated and utilized in compliance with state law;

(b) Is enrolled in an eligible postsecondary educational institution;

(c) Has applied for federal financial aid through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the applicable award year;

(d) Is a resident student who is domiciled in Nebraska as provided by section 85-502; and

(e) Complies with all other provisions of the Door to College Scholarship Act and any rules and regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to the act;

(7) Full-time status means enrollment in at least twenty-four semester credit hours, thirty-six quarter credit hours, or nine hundred clock hours per award year;

(8) Part-time status means enrollment in at least twelve semester credit hours, eighteen quarter credit hours, or four hundred fifty clock hours per award year; and

(9) Undergraduate student means an individual who has not earned a first baccalaureate or professional degree and is enrolled in a postsecondary educational program which leads to, or is creditable toward, a first baccalaureate degree, associate degree, certificate, diploma, or the equivalent.