Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 37-B > Chapter 3 > Subchapter 7-A - Maine National Guard Education Assistance Program

• 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.
• Course: means a class taught over a semester, trimester, quarter or term. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 352
• Degree program: means a course of study designed to culminate in a specific degree, diploma or certificate. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 352
• in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Member: means a member of a federally recognized unit of the Maine National Guard. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 352
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• State postsecondary education institution: means the University of Maine System, the Maine Maritime Academy, the Maine Community College System or any other college or university system established as a public instrumentality of this State, the Maine Criminal Justice Academy, or a private nonprofit postsecondary education institution in this State registered with the Military Bureau as a participating institution in accordance with this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 352
• Tuition: means the total semester, trimester, quarter or term or credit hour cost of instruction to the student as periodically published in the catalog of a state postsecondary education institution, excluding mandatory fees and lab fees and other expenses such as book charges, room and board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 352
• Tuition benefit: means tuition provided by the Maine National Guard using either state or federal funds or waivers of tuition from a state postsecondary education institution. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 352
• Unsatisfactory participant: means a member who has accumulated 9 or more unexcused absences from unit training assemblies or who within a 12-month period, without proper authorization, fails to attend or complete the entire period of annual training. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 352
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72