(110 ILCS 210/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 1332)
Sec. 2.
As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Board" means the Board of Higher Education.
(b) "Enrollment" or "student" means the establishment and maintenance of
an individual's status as a student or enrollee in a nonpublic institution
of higher learning, regardless of the terms used at the institution to
describe such status.
(c) "Institution of higher learning", "qualified institution" or
"institution" means a nonpublicly supported educational organization
located in this State which (1) provides a minimum of an organized 2-year
program of collegiate grade in the liberal arts or sciences directly
applicable to the attainment of a baccalaureate degree, and (2) operates
privately, not-for-profit and in conformity with standards substantially
equivalent to those of the State-supported institutions of higher learning.
"Institution" does not include any educational organization used for
sectarian instruction, as a place of religious teaching or worship or for
any religious denomination or the training of ministers, priests, rabbis or
other professional persons in the field of religion.
(d) "Academic year" means the period of time from September 1 of any
year through August 31 of the ensuing year.
(Source: P.A. 77-273.)
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