{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-85-3202","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-3202","heading":"Terms, defined.","body":"For purposes of the Door to College Scholarship Act:\n(1) Award means a grant of money under the act by the commission in the form of a Door to College Scholarship to an eligible student for educational expenses;\n(2) Award year means the period beginning on July 1 through the following June 30;\n(3) Commission means the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education;\n(4) Educational expenses means student costs for tuition, mandatory fees, other education-related fees, room and board, books, and other costs related to a student's education;\n(5) Eligible postsecondary educational institution means a public or private postsecondary educational institution:\n(a) Located in Nebraska;\n(b) Primarily engaged in the instruction of students;\n(c) Satisfying state statutory requirements relating to the approval and licensure of schools, colleges, and universities and maintaining accreditation by an accrediting organization recognized by the United States Department of Education;\n(d) Offering courses of instruction in regularly scheduled classes to regularly enrolled undergraduate students who reside in Nebraska and have received a high school diploma or the equivalent; and\n(e) Which has adopted, and has available for inspection, award refund and repayment policies;\n(6) Eligible student means an undergraduate student who:\n(a) Graduated from high school from an accredited education program at a youth rehabilitation and treatment center operated and utilized in compliance with state law, or graduated from an approved or accredited public, private, denominational, or parochial school or received a diploma of high school equivalency issued by the Commissioner of Education after being discharged from a youth rehabilitation and treatment center operated and utilized in compliance with state law;\n(b) Is enrolled in an eligible postsecondary educational institution;\n(c) Has applied for federal financial aid through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the applicable award year;\n(d) Is a resident student who is domiciled in Nebraska as provided by section 85-502; and\n(e) Complies with all other provisions of the Door to College Scholarship Act and any rules and regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to the act;\n(7) Full-time status means enrollment in at least twenty-four semester credit hours, thirty-six quarter credit hours, or nine hundred clock hours per award year;\n(8) Part-time status means enrollment in at least twelve semester credit hours, eighteen quarter credit hours, or four hundred fifty clock hours per award year; and\n(9) Undergraduate student means an individual who has not earned a first baccalaureate or professional degree and is enrolled in a postsecondary educational program which leads to, or is creditable toward, a first baccalaureate degree, associate degree, certificate, diploma, or the equivalent.","path":["Chapter 85 - STATE UNIVERSITY, STATE COLLEGES, AND POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=85-3202","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:01:11Z","sha256":"32bed592d413577682386425ed55770082d0eab421a1f9611f38231efc26cdc1","source_id":"us-ne","stale":true,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-85-3201","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-85-3203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}