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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 8. Education |
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Agency 40. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia |
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Chapter 20. Regulations for the Senior Citizen Higher Education Program |
Section 10. Definitions
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Section 23-38.55 of the Senior Citizens Higher Education Act defines several words and terms. Unless otherwise noted, they shall have the following meanings ascribed to them:
"Course" means any course of study offered in any state institution of higher education including the regular curriculum of any department, or school, or subdivision of any such institution or any special course given for any purpose, including but not limited to, adult education.
"Full-time equivalent student (FTES)" means the statistic used for budgetary purposes by the Commonwealth. It is derived by calculating total credit hours generated by students at a particular level and dividing that number by the number of credit hours generally considered a full-time load at that level.
"Senior citizen" means any person who, before the beginning of any term, semester or quarter in which such person claims entitlement to the benefits of this chapter, (i) has reached 60 years of age, and (ii) has had his legal domicile in this Commonwealth for one year.
"Senior Citizens Higher Education Act" is set forth in Chapter 4.5 (§ 23-38.54 et seq.) of Title 23 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR380-01-01 § 1, eff. November 26, 1986; amended, Volume 05, Issue 21, eff. August 16, 1989.