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Statutes > Connecticut > Title10a > Chap185 > Sec10a-37Sec. 10a-37. (Formerly Sec. 10-331b). Definitions. For the purposes of sections 10a-36 to 10a-42a, inclusive:
(a) An "undergraduate Connecticut student" is defined as a student who is a Connecticut resident as defined under sections 10a-28, 10a-29 and 10a-30 and who has not earned a baccalaureate degree;
(b) A "full-time undergraduate student" is defined as a student who has been registered at a college in a course of study leading to an associate or bachelor degree and who is carrying twelve or more semester credit hours at that college;
(c) A "part-time undergraduate student" is an individual who has been registered at a college for fewer than twelve semester credit hours in a course or courses, the academic credit for which can be applied toward a degree at that college;
(d) An "independent college or university": (1) Is a nonprofit institution established in this state; (2) has degree-granting authority in this state; (3) has its home campus located in this state; (4) is not included in the Connecticut system of public higher education; and (5) is an institution whose primary function is not the preparation of students for religious vocation;
(e) "Board" means the Board of Governors of Higher Education;
(f) "Full-time equivalent students" at independent colleges and universities means a number derived by aggregating the number of semester credit equivalent hours taken by undergraduate students in the fall semester and dividing by fifteen;
(g) "Family contribution" is an expected contribution for educational costs from the family computed on the basis of a needs analysis formula approved by the Department of Higher Education;
(h) "Education costs" shall include the direct and indirect costs for an individual student that are published by each college or university participating in the grant program and approved by the Department of Higher Education; and
(i) "Financial need" is the difference between educational costs and the sum of the family contributions and all other forms of financial aid.
(1969, P.A. 627, S. 1; 1972, S.A. 53, S. 17; P.A. 73-551, S. 2, 4; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; P.A. 83-197, S. 2, 9; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 85-477, S. 1, 4.)
History: 1972 act extended applicability by substituting "10-331h" for "10-331e", redefined "full-time undergraduate student" as one enrolled for 12 or more semester credit hours rather than one carrying 75% or more of the credit hours defined as a full-time student load" and defined "commission"; P.A. 73-551 replaced former definitions of "Connecticut student" and "full-time undergraduate student" with definitions of "undergraduate Connecticut student", "full-time undergraduate Connecticut student" and "part-time undergraduate Connecticut student"; P.A. 77-573 replaced commission for higher education with board of higher education; P.A. 82-218 replaced board of higher education with board of governors pursuant to reorganization of higher education system, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-331b transferred to Sec. 10a-37 in 1983; P.A. 83-197 replaced numeric Subdiv. indicators with alphabetic indicators, redefined "undergraduate Connecticut student" to key into general definitions of residency and student status (see Secs. 10a-28, 10a-29 and 10a-30), redefined "part-time undergraduate student" as an individual who has been registered for less than 12 semester credit hours, redefined "independent colleges or university" to require that such college or institution be a nonprofit institution, have degree-granting authority in this state and have its home campus in this state, and defined "full-time equivalent students", "family contribution", "education costs" and "financial need"; P.A. 84-241 added "of higher education" to board of governors' title; P.A. 85-477 redefined "full-time undergraduate student" to delete reference to acceptance for matriculation and redefined "full-time equivalent students" to specify that hours applicable to calculation are "equivalent" hours.
