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. ANNOTATIONSBracketed 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.
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