N.H. Admin. Code § Pos 1101.01
(a) "Ability to benefit" means that, in the absence of a high school diploma or certificate of high school equivalency, the student has the capability to complete, with or without remediation, the program(s) offered at the school based on the results of an ability to benefit test.
(b) "Ability to benefit test" means a standardized test, which meets criteria developed by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
(c) "Accrediting agency" means an accrediting agency that is recognized by the United States Secretary of Education.
(d) "Administrator" means the person directly responsible for:
(1) The school program;
(2) The methods of instruction;
(3) The employment of teachers;
(4) The organization of classes;
(5) The maintenance of proper administrative records; and
(6) All other procedures related to the administration of the school or class.
(e) "Advertising" means any statement in writing or otherwise through any media, which is intended to induce any persons to seek admission to or otherwise engage in any contract of admission to the school.
(f) "Alternative delivery" means "alternative delivery" as defined in RSA 188-D:19, I(a).
(g) "Applicant" means a person, board, association, partnership, corporation or other entity seeking authorization to operate a school or provide occupational instruction qualifying an individual for employment. In the case of an application by a subsidiary of a corporation the applicant includes the parent corporation.
(h) "Branch" means a separate organizational subdivision of a school located at a different facility and geographical site from the school that offers a full program leading to a diploma or certificate.
(i) "Catalogue or bulletin" means a printed description of the school, which includes but is not limited to, its courses or programs, staffing, instructional calendar, costs and school policies.
(j) "Classroom clock hour" means a period of 60 minutes with a minimum of 50 minutes of classroom instruction.
(k) "Commission" means the postsecondary education commission.
(l) "Course" means a sequence of units of instruction in a given subject area which is a component of instruction or curriculum.
(m) "Curriculum" means a sequence of courses that together comprise a program of instruction.
(n) "Days" means calendar days except where otherwise expressed.
(o) "Director" means the executive director, or his/her representatives, of the commission charged by the commission with administrating the statutory responsibilities contained in RSA 188-D:19-28.
(p) "Entity" means any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, organization, trust, or other legal entity, or combination of these entities, as defined in RSA 188-D:19, I(b).
(q) "Extension" means a site at which a school offers courses, but not a full program, leading to a diploma or certificate and is not a separate organizational subdivision of a school.
(r) "Federal program" means any federal or veteran program that dictates a specific refund policy for individuals receiving benefit under specific federal student assistant financial aid programs, to include but not be limited to Title IV and the Montgomery GI Bill.
(s) "Internship" means a structured, learning experience, which takes place outside of the school and involves practical application of competencies acquired during the school-based instruction.
(t) "Laboratory" means a room, or building, or outdoor space equipped to enable the student to engage in a hands-on related learning experience and includes specific equipment related to the field of study.
(u) "Laboratory clock hour" means a period of 120 minutes with a minimum of 100 minutes of laboratory instruction.
(v) "Mitigating circumstances" means circumstances that are beyond the student's control.
(w) "Private postsecondary career school" means any for-profit or nonprofit postsecondary career school, or entities acting as a career school, as defined in RSA 188-D:19, I(d).
(x) "Physical presence" means "physical presence" as defined in RSA 188-D:19, I(c).
(y) "Shop, practicum, externship and internship clock hour" means a period of 180 minutes with a minimum of 150 minutes of practice/instruction.
(z) "Start of each quarter, semester, term, course, or class" means the first day of classes for each quarter, semester, term, course, or class. Orientation periods shall not be considered part of the quarter, semester, term, course, or class.
(aa) "Teachout" means the continuation of instruction to complete the program or course whenever the school's license has been suspended or revoked or a school has advised the director that it intends to discontinue operations.
(ab) "Time period" means the period of time, whether term, quarter, or semester, the student is actively enrolled. Time period does not include the total length of the program if the program is divided into smaller periods of time.
(ac) "Unearned tuition" means the portion of tuition charges billed to a student of a school and which represent future educational services to be rendered to presently enrolled students.
(ad) "Unit" means credits, hours, class days, correspondence lessons, or other approved instructional time periods.
N.H. Admin. Code § Pos 1101.01
(See Revision Note at chapter heading for Pos 1100) #6398, eff 12-16-96 (formerly Pos 1402.01 ); ss by #8221, eff 12-16-04 (formerly Pos 1102.01 )