As used in the Student Choice Act:
A. "board" ["commission" ["department"]] means the board of educational finance [commission on higher education [higher education department]];
B. "institution" means any independent nonprofit nonsectarian four-year college or university whose New Mexico campus is accredited by the North Central Accrediting Association;
C. "independent" as used with respect to an institution means any institution which is not a state institution; and
D. "student choice grant" means a grant awarded to a student by the board [commission [department]] pursuant to the provisions of the Student Choice Act.
History: Laws 1983, ch. 240, § 3.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
For designation of the commission on higher education as the higher education department, see 9-25-4.1 NMSA 1978.