In this chapter:
(1) “Board” means the board of regents of the Texas State Technical College System.
(2) “Coordinating board” means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(3) “System” means the Texas State Technical College System.
(4) “Faculty research” means research using the system’s facilities and equipment that is:
(A) consistent with the system’s mission; and
(B) funded by private sources, competitively acquired sources, or appropriated public funding.
(5) “Campus” means a unit of the system that grants associate degrees and certificates.
(6) “Extension center” means a site, operating under the administration of a campus, that has an extension program.
(7) “Extension program” includes credit and noncredit instruction in technical-vocational education.