Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 32 > Chapter 30 > Article 4 - Student Tuition Recovery Fund

• Assessment: means the amount a private postsecondary education institution is required to pay to the student tuition recovery fund. See Arizona Laws 32-3071
• Board: means the state board for private postsecondary education. See Arizona Laws 32-3001
• Ceasing operations: means that a private postsecondary education institution has stopped offering educational courses or programs to the public for any reason. See Arizona Laws 32-3071
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Distance learning instruction: means a written correspondence or online education program for students who are enrolled in an institution licensed under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-3071
• 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.
• Fund: means the student tuition recovery fund. See Arizona Laws 32-3071
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• institution: means an educational institution that is subject to licensure under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-3071
• Newly enrolled student: means a student who is enrolling with a private postsecondary education institution for the first time. See Arizona Laws 32-3071
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Person injured: means a student of a private postsecondary education institution that charges prepaid tuition to a student who is damaged monetarily by the institution ceasing operations before fulfilling its contractual obligations or fully providing the services that were paid for in advance. See Arizona Laws 32-3071
• Prepaid tuition: means monies that are advanced to an educational institution before the educational institution provides its service. See Arizona Laws 32-3071
• Total course cost: means the tuition and other fees that are charged by the private postsecondary education institution for each course offered. See Arizona Laws 32-3071