Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 74 > Article 32 - State Board of Regents

• Academic degree: means any associate, bachelor's, first professional, master's, intermediate (specialist), or doctor's degree. See Kansas Statutes 74-3262
• Accredited independent institution: has the meaning ascribed thereto in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,241
• Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
• Adult basic education program: means a program of one or more courses in general education subjects taught at the grade school or high school level under the supervision of a board for eligible persons which is included in the state plan and for which federal funds are received pursuant to federal law. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,253
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• American Indian: means a person having origins in the original peoples of North America and who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,113
• American Indian or Alaskan Native: means a person having origins in any of the original peoples of North America and who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition. See Kansas Statutes 74-3284
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Asian or Pacific Islander: means a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the far east, southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or pacific islands. See Kansas Statutes 74-3284
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Board: means the board of education of any school district or the board of trustees of any community college. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,253
• Board of regents: means the state board of regents provided for in the constitution of this state and described in article 32 of chapter 74 of Kansas Statutes Annotated. See Kansas Statutes 74-3278
• Career technical education: means organized educational programs offering a sequence of courses which are directly related to the preparation of individuals in paid or unpaid employment in current or emerging occupations requiring other than a baccalaureate or advanced degree. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,407
• Career technical education capital outlay aid: means state financial aid distributed under this act by the state board to an eligible institution for the purpose of construction, reconstruction, repair, remodeling, additions to, furnishing and equipping of buildings, architectural expenses incidental thereto, the acquisition of buildings and building sites and the acquisition of equipment. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,413
• Career technical education institution: means any technical college, community college, municipal university, or any state educational institution that operates one or more career technical education programs. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,417
• Career technical education program: means a program of vocational or technical training or retraining that is operated at the postsecondary level and is designed to prepare persons for gainful employment. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,417
• Career technical workforce grant: means the award of a financial grant-in-aid by this state under this act to an eligible student. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,423
• Committee: means the nursing service scholarship review committee established under Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-3292
• Community college: means any community college organized and operating under the laws of this state. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,241
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Defunct institution of postsecondary education: means any institution of postsecondary education which has made a determination that it should be dissolved or disorganized, or which has been dissolved or disorganized prior to the effective date of this act, or which ceases to award academic degrees or has ceased awarding academic degrees prior to the effective date of this act. See Kansas Statutes 74-3262
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Designated educational institution: means an educational institution that: (1) Has been identified by the Kansas board of regents, working in conjunction with the Kansas department of commerce, as delivering programs that are high cost, high demand or in a critical industry field; (2) is eligible to receive federal title IV funding; and (3) has its main campus or principal place of operation located in Kansas. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,423
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Educational and training program for advanced practice registered nurses: means a post-basic nursing education program a graduate of which meets the education requirements of the board of nursing for licensure as an advanced practice registered nurse. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,132
• Eligible career technical education program: means a designated career technical education program operated at the postsecondary level by a designated educational institution. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,423
• Eligible educational institution: means : (1) Any state educational institution under the control and supervision of the state board; and (2) any municipal university established and operating under the provisions of article 13a of chapter 13 of Kansas Statutes Annotated. See Kansas Statutes 74-3275
• Eligible institution: means an institution of postsecondary education which maintains open enrollment, the main campus or principal place of operation of which is located in Kansas, and which qualifies as an eligible institution under the higher education act of 1965 (P. See Kansas Statutes 74-3284
• Eligible persons: means persons who (1) have attained the age of 16, (2) have not graduated from high school and have not been recognized as having achieved an equivalent level of education, and (3) are not now regularly enrolled in school. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,253
• Eligible student: means a person who is: (1) A resident of Kansas, (2) initially acceptable for enrolling at an ROTC institution or who has so enrolled and is in good standing, and (3) qualified for participation in the reserve officers' training corps program at such ROTC institution or who is participating in the program. See Kansas Statutes 74-3255
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Ethnic minority group: means a group of persons categorized as: (1) American Indian or Alaskan Native; (2) Asian or Pacific Islander; (3) Black, non-Hispanic; or (4) Hispanic. See Kansas Statutes 74-3284
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Executive officer: means the chief executive officer of the state board of regents appointed under Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-3292
• Federal law: means the adult education act of 1966 (title III, P. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,253
• Financial need: means the difference between the available financial resources of a Kansas ethnic minority scholar and the scholar's total anticipated expenses to attend an eligible institution. See Kansas Statutes 74-3284
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• General election: refers to the election required to be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• Higher education loan program: means a program which is provided for the purpose of making loans available to students and to parents of students and which is operated under applicable federal loan programs established pursuant to the provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended; and

  (2) "qualified nonprofit corporation" means a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the state of Kansas which is approved as the single nonprofit corporation providing a statewide higher education loan program and which is authorized to issue obligations which are exempt from federal income taxation. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,252

• Hispanic: means a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. See Kansas Statutes 74-3284
• Honors or gifted program: means an educational program designed and operated by an institution of postsecondary education for the purpose of providing Kansas honor students with intellectually stimulating and challenging courses of instruction for college credit and thereby to achieve the purpose and intention of this act. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,241
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Institution: means the university of Kansas, university of Kansas medical center, Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science, Wichita state university, Emporia state university, Pittsburg state university, Fort Hays state university and Kansas state university polytechnic campus;

  (b) "governing authority" means the state board of regents or the chief executive officer of an institution if such officer has been designated by the state board to act on its behalf in exercising the authority of the board to care for, control, maintain and supervise all roads, streets, driveways and parking facilities for vehicles on the grounds of the institution; and

  (c) "vehicle" means motor vehicle, motorized bicycle and bicycle. See Kansas Statutes 74-3209

• Institution of postsecondary education: means any college, university, community college, junior college, technical institute, or the equivalent thereof, which is or was chartered, incorporated or otherwise organized in this state and the main campus of which is or was located in this state. See Kansas Statutes 74-3262
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Kansas comprehensive grant: means an award of financial assistance under the Kansas comprehensive grant program to an eligible Kansas student. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,120
• Kansas comprehensive grant program: means a program under which the state, in recognition that the provision of higher education for all residents of the state who have the desire and ability to obtain such education is an important public purpose and in response to the concern that many residents of the state are deterred by financial considerations from attending institutions of higher education, provides assistance to students with financial need through the award of grants. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,120
• Kansas distinguished scholarship: means an award under this act by this state to a distinguished Kansas scholar. See Kansas Statutes 74-3278
• Kansas educational institution: means a state educational institution under the control and supervision of the board of regents, a municipal university, or a not-for-profit independent institution of higher education which is accredited by the north central association of colleges and secondary schools accrediting agency based on its requirements as of April 1, 1985, or by the higher learning commission of the north central association of colleges and schools based on its requirements as of January 1, 2006, is operated independently and not controlled or administered by the state or any agency or subdivision thereof, maintains open enrollment, and the main campus or principal place of operation of which is located in Kansas. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,120
• Kansas ethnic minority fellowship program: means a program under which grants of financial assistance in the form of fellowships are awarded to qualified ethnic minority graduate students. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,113
• Kansas ethnic minority scholar: means a person who: (1) Is a resident of Kansas; (2) is a member of an ethnic minority group; (3) has been accepted for admission to or is enrolled full time in an educational program at an eligible institution; (4) has established financial need; and (5) has qualified for the award of a Kansas ethnic minority scholarship on the basis of having demonstrated educational ability, or who has previously so qualified and remains qualified for the renewal of a Kansas ethnic minority scholarship on the basis of maintaining full-time enrollment in an educational program at an eligible institution, remaining in good standing, and making satisfactory progress toward completion of the requirements for the award of a degree or certificate of completion. See Kansas Statutes 74-3284
• Kansas ethnic minority scholarship: means a financial award by this state under this act to a Kansas ethnic minority scholar. See Kansas Statutes 74-3284
• Kansas ethnic minority scholarship program: means a program under which the state, in response to growing concerns over loss of talented ethnic minority students to institutions of postsecondary education in other states, the need to enhance the diversity of the student population at Kansas institutions of postsecondary education, and the barriers to ethnic minority student enrollment at Kansas institutions of postsecondary education and for the purpose of enabling and encouraging talented ethnic minority students to remain in Kansas for the attainment of educational goals and fulfillment of career aspirations, provides financial assistance through the award of Kansas ethnic minority scholarships to Kansas ethnic minority scholars. See Kansas Statutes 74-3284
• Kansas honor student: means a person who is a resident of Kansas, has not been graduated from high school, is intellectually talented, has demonstrated outstanding scholastic ability and achievement, and is enrolled or has been accepted for enrollment in an honors or gifted program. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,241
• Kansas honors scholarship: means an award under this act by this state to a Kansas honor student who has established financial need. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,241
• Kansas student: means a full-time, in-state student who has established financial need and who is initially acceptable for entering a Kansas educational institution or who has so entered and is in good standing and making satisfactory progress toward graduation. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,120
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Medically underserved area: means a practice location designated medically underserved by the secretary of health and environment. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,132
• Mental health or treatment facility: means :

  (1) Any private treatment facility as such term is defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-3292

• Minor: means any person defined by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Municipal university: means the municipal university established and operating under the provisions of article 13a of chapter 13 of Kansas Statutes Annotated. See Kansas Statutes 74-3255
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Open enrollment: means the policy of an institution of postsecondary education which provides the opportunity of enrollment for any student who meets its academic and other reasonable enrollment requirements, without regard for race, gender, religion, creed, ethnicity or national origin. See Kansas Statutes 74-3284
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Program: means the Kansas work-study program established by this act. See Kansas Statutes 74-3275
• Program period: means the duration of the period of time, or any division thereof, required for completion of a vocational or technical education program which is given in an eligible institution. See Kansas Statutes 74-3284
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Qualified ethnic minority graduate student: means a person who: (1) Is a citizen of the United States; (2) is a member of an ethnic minority group; (3) has been accepted for admission to or is enrolled full time in a graduate program at a state educational institution; and (4) has qualified for the award of a fellowship under the Kansas ethnic minority fellowship program on the basis of having demonstrated scholastic ability, or who has previously so qualified and remains qualified for renewal of the fellowship on the basis of remaining in good standing and making satisfactory progress toward completion of the requirements of the graduate program in which enrolled. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,113
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights to them and interest in them, equitable as well as legal. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
• Residence: means the place which is adopted by a person as the person's place of habitation and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• ROTC institution: means a state educational institution or municipal university that provides a reserve officers' training corps program. See Kansas Statutes 74-3255
• Rural area: means any county of this state other than Douglas, Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee and Wyandotte counties. See Kansas Statutes 74-3292
• Satisfactory performance: means retaining admission in and meeting the standards established by the Kansas educational institution being attended by the eligible student. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,423
• School district: means any school district organized under the laws of this state. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,407
• School of nursing: means a school within the state of Kansas which is approved by the state board of nursing to grant an associate degree or a baccalaureate degree in professional nursing or a certificate of completion in practical nursing and is:

  (1) Under the control and supervision of the state board of regents;

  (2) a municipal university; or

  (3) a not-for-profit independent institution of higher education that has its main campus or principal place of operation in Kansas, maintains open enrollment as such term is defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-3292

• School year: means the 12-month period ending on June 30. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,407
• seal: includes an impression of the seal upon the paper alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed to the paper. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Selection committee: means a committee established at each ROTC institution by the chief executive officer of each such institution. See Kansas Statutes 74-3255
• Semester: means one of two principal terms, when there are only two principal terms in the academic year, whether or not there are other shorter terms during the same academic year. See Kansas Statutes 74-3278
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Sponsor: means any adult care home licensed under the adult care home licensure act, any medical care facility licensed under Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-3292
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• State board: means the state board of regents. See Kansas Statutes 74-3275
• State board of education: means the state board of education provided for in the constitution of this state. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,423
• State educational institution: has the meaning ascribed thereto in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-3255
• State plan: means the plan for adult basic education programs prepared and adopted by the state board in accordance with state and federal law. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,253
• State scholar: means a full-time, in-state student who has exhibited scholastic ability and who is initially acceptable for entering an eligible institution or who has so entered and is in good standing and making satisfactory progress. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,233
• State scholarship: means an award under this act by this state to a state scholar who has established financial need. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,233
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Student records: means the records, files and data of all students who are in attendance at a defunct institution of postsecondary education at the time of dissolution or disorganization or cessation of the awarding of academic degrees, or who have attended a defunct institution of postsecondary education. See Kansas Statutes 74-3262
• Successor institution: means an institution of postsecondary education which has custody of all property, records, files and data of a defunct institution of postsecondary education. See Kansas Statutes 74-3262
• Technical college: means an educational institution that formerly was an area vocational school or an area vocational-technical school and that has been converted to, established as, and officially designated a technical college under authority of this act. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,407
• Technology education: means an applied discipline designed to promote technological literacy which provides knowledge and understanding of the impacts of technology including its organizations, techniques, tools and skills to solve practical problems and extend human capabilities in technological areas. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,407
• Term: means one of two or more substantially equivalent divisions of the academic year of an eligible institution. See Kansas Statutes 74-3284
• Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Washburn institute of technology: means the institute of technology at Washburn university. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,407
• YES: means services performed by eligible students for the purpose of assisting school districts in the maintenance of special education services for exceptional children, alternative school programs, at risk pupil assistance plans, educational system enhancement plans, bilingual education programs for limited English proficient pupils, vocational education programs, or school programs in general. See Kansas Statutes 74-3275