Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 20 > Article 43 - State Tuition Support

• agency: refers to every officer, board, commission, department, division, bureau, committee, employee, and other instrumentality of the state, including: state hospitals, state penal institutions, and other state institution enterprises and activities wherever located, except, unless specifically included, the following:

  Indiana Code 4-13-2-1

• apprenticeship program: means an apprenticeship program registered under the federal National Apprenticeship Act (Indiana Code 20-43-8-0.3
• 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
• Autism: means a neurological condition as described in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• commissioner: refers to the commissioner of the department. See Indiana Code 4-13-1.7-1
• department: refers to the Indiana department of administration created by IC 4-13-1-2. See Indiana Code 4-13-1.7-2
• federal government: refers to the United States, or an agency, a board, a bureau, a commission, a department, a division, an instrumentality, an office, or an officer of the United States. See Indiana Code 4-13-1.7-3
• 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.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• governmental body: has the meaning set forth in IC 5-22-2-13. See Indiana Code 4-13-1.7-4
• 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}
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• services: means any and all articles and things, and all services other than personal, used by, or furnished to, any agency, including printing, binding, publication of books and records, repairs and improvements, utility services, and any and all other services required for the maintenance, operation, or upkeep of buildings and offices. See Indiana Code 4-13-2-1
• 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.
• supplies: has the meaning set forth in IC 5-22-2-38. See Indiana Code 4-13-1.7-5
• transfer: includes the sale, conditional sale, lease with option to purchase, lease, contract for use, grant, or gift. See Indiana Code 4-13-1.7-6