(1) "Board" means the Colorado opportunity scholarship initiative advisory board created in section 23-3.3-1004.
(2) "Department" means the department of higher education created pursuant to section 24-1-114, C.R.S.
(3) "Director" means the director of the initiative.
(4) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Colorado commission on higher education.
(5) "Fund" means the Colorado opportunity scholarship initiative fund created in section 23-3.3-1005.
(6) "Initiative" means the Colorado opportunity scholarship initiative created in section 23-3.3-1003.
(7) "Nonprofit organization" means a tax-exempt charitable or social welfare organization operating under section 501 (c)(3) or 501 (c)(4) of title 26 of the United States Code, the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended.
(8) "Precollegiate organization" means a state- or federally funded program offering postsecondary workforce-ready options to Colorado students.
(9) "Tuition assistance" means financial assistance to an eligible student of an eligible institution, including such financial assistance as is necessary to pay the costs of tuition, fees, books, housing, food, and transportation.