The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

1. (1) Award--the amount of a scholarship in an academic year, which may be comprised of multiple disbursements.
2. (2) Board--The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
3. (3) Institution of Higher Education--As defined in Texas Education Code, §61.003(8), and private or independent institutions of higher education as defined in Texas Education Code, §61.003(15).
4. (4) Commissioner--The Commissioner of Higher Education.
5. (5) Contract to serve--a legally-binding agreement between the recipient and the armed services of the United States, prescribing the terms of the military commitment to which the recipient is obligated to serve.
6. (6) Loan--A Texas Armed Services Scholarship that has become a loan because the conditions of the scholarship agreement have not been met.
7. (7) Recipient--A person who has received a Texas Armed Services Scholarship.

Source Note:The provisions of this §22.164 adopted to be effective November 30, 2009, 34 TexReg 8530; amended to be effective September 6, 2011, 36 TexReg 5686; transferred effective June 1, 2017, as published in the Texas Register May 19, 2017, 42 TexReg 2739; amended to be effective May 29, 2018, 43 TexReg 3353.