2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 28B.12.030: Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall clearly indicate another or different meaning or intent:

     (1) The term "needy student" shall mean a student enrolled or accepted for enrollment at a post-secondary institution who, according to a system of need analysis approved by the higher education coordinating board, demonstrates a financial inability, either parental, familial, or personal, to bear the total cost of education for any semester or quarter.

     (2) The term "eligible institution" shall mean any post-secondary institution in this state accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, or a branch of a member institution of an accrediting association recognized by rule of the board for purposes of this section, that is eligible for federal student financial aid assistance and has operated as a nonprofit college or university delivering on-site classroom instruction for a minimum of twenty consecutive years within the state of Washington, or any public technical college in the state.

[2002 c 187 § 2; 1994 c 130 § 3; 1974 ex.s. c 177 § 3.]

Severability -- 1974 ex.s. c 177: See note following RCW 28B.12.010.