In this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings unless the context indicates another or different meaning or intent:

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(1) “Authority” means the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority constituted as a subsidiary of the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority as provided in section 10a-179a;

(2) “Authorized officer” means an employee of the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority or of the authority who is authorized by the board of directors of the authority to execute and deliver documents and papers and to act in the name of and on behalf of the authority;

(3) “Authority loans” means education loans by the authority, or loans by the authority from the proceeds of bonds for the purpose of funding education loans;

(4) “Board” means the board of directors of the authority;

(5) “Bonds” or “revenue bonds” means revenue bonds or notes of the authority issued under the provisions of this chapter, including revenue refunding bonds or notes;

(6) “Bond resolution” means the resolution or resolutions of the authority and the trust agreement, if any, authorizing the issuance of and providing for the terms and conditions applicable to bonds;

(7) “Borrower” means (A) an individual who has an outstanding loan from the authority, (B) an individual who attends a Connecticut institution for higher education, enrolls in a Connecticut high-value certificate program, enrolls in a Connecticut postsecondary education program or currently resides in the state, and has received or agreed to pay an education loan, or (C) any parent who has received or agreed to pay an education loan on behalf of an individual who attends a Connecticut institution for higher education, enrolls in a Connecticut postsecondary education program or currently resides in the state;

(8) “Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority” means the quasi-public authority established pursuant to section 10a-179;

(9) “Connecticut institution for higher education” means an institution for higher education within the state;

(10) “Default insurance” means insurance insuring education loans, authority loans or bonds against default;

(11) “Default reserve fund” means a fund established pursuant to a bond resolution for the purpose of securing education loans, authority loans or bonds;

(12) “Education loan” means a loan which is made to a student in or from the state or a parent of such student to finance attendance at an institution for higher education, enrollment in a high-value certificate program or enrollment in a postsecondary education program, or to a borrower to refinance one or more eligible loans;

(13) “Loan funding deposit” means moneys or other property deposited by a Connecticut institution for higher education with the authority, a guarantor or a trustee for the purpose of (A) providing security for bonds, (B) funding a default reserve fund, (C) acquiring default insurance, or (D) defraying costs of the authority, such moneys or properties to be in such amounts as deemed necessary by the authority or guarantor as a condition for such institution’s participation in the authority’s programs;

(14) “Institution for higher education” means a degree-granting educational institution within the United States authorized by applicable law to provide a program of education beyond the high school level and (A) described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, and exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of said code with respect to a trade or business carried on by such institution which is not an unrelated trade or business, determined by applying Section 513(a) of said code to such organization or a foundation established for its benefit, or (B) exempt from taxation under said code as a governmental unit;

(15) “Participating institution for higher education” means a Connecticut institution for higher education which, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, undertakes the financing directly or indirectly of education loans as provided in this chapter;

(16) “Parent” means any parent, legal guardian or sponsor of a student at an institution for higher education, enrolled in a high-value certificate program or enrolled in a postsecondary education program;

(17) “Education loan series portfolio” means all education loans made by the authority or by or on behalf of a specific participating institution for higher education which are funded from the proceeds of a related specific bond issue of the authority;

(18) “Education assistance program” means a program to assist in financing the costs of education through education loans, education grants or any other form of financial assistance;

(19) “Education grant” means a grant, scholarship, fellowship or other nonrepayable assistance awarded by the authority to a student currently residing in the state to finance the attendance of the student at a Connecticut institution for higher education, enrollment in a Connecticut high-value certificate program or enrollment in a Connecticut postsecondary education program, or a grant, scholarship, fellowship or other nonrepayable assistance awarded by or on behalf of a Connecticut institution for higher education from the proceeds of funds provided by the authority to a student from the state to finance the student’s attendance at such institution;

(20) “Eligible loan” means any loan that is in repayment that was (A) made by the authority, or (B) made to a borrower by any other private or governmental lender to finance attendance at an institution for higher education, enrollment in a high-value certificate program or enrollment in a postsecondary education program;

(21) “High-value certificate program” means a noncredit sub-baccalaureate certificate program offered by an institution of higher education or a private career school that the Chief Workforce Officer determines to meet the needs of employers in the state;

(22) “Connecticut high-value certificate program” means a high-value certificate program offered by an institution of higher education or a private career school in the state;

(23) “Postsecondary education program” means a high-value certificate program that is approved by the authority; and

(24) “Private career school” has the same meaning as provided in section 10a-22a.