6-53-103. Definitions.

6-53-103. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Branch campus of the community college” means an institution with facilities located apart from the community college campus but within the community college district; (2)(A) “Capital outlay expense” means those funds devoted to or required for: (i) The acquisition and improvement of land; (ii) The acquisition, construction, remodeling, alteration, addition, or enlargement of buildings or other structures; and (iii) The initial purchase of library holdings, furniture, apparatuses, and other equipment for a new or expanded facility as defined by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (B) “Capital outlay expense” excludes those expenses used for maintenance and replacement of equipment and furniture; (3) “Community college” means an institution of higher education established or to be established under the provisions of this chapter dedicated primarily to the educational needs of the service area and offering a comprehensive program, including, but without limitation, vocational, trade, and technical specialty courses and programs, college transfer courses, and courses in general adult education; (4) “Department” means the Department of Higher Education; (5) “District” means the geographic area located within one (1) or more counties or cities or any described combination thereof or any described area which may be in one (1) or more counties or parts of counties but within the same service area which is directly responsible for the local financial support and local administration of an institution located within its service area; (6) “Existing community college” means a community college established in accordance with the provisions of and presently operating in conformity with Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 52, and §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, 6-61-212 — 6-61-216, 6-61-301 — 6-61-305, 6-61-401, 6-61-402, 6-61-501 — 6-61-524, and 6-61-601 — 6-61-603; (7)(A) “Local board” means the governing body of a technical college or community college. (B) A local board for a community college or a technical college may be the board of trustees of a four-year institution of higher education or the board of trustees of a university system in the case of a merger under § 6-61-520(e) or § 6-53-302(k); (8)(A) “Operating expense” means those educational and general funds devoted to or required for the regular or ordinary expense of the college, including administrative, maintenance, and salary expenses but excluding capital outlay expenses, student activity expenses, and expenses for intercollegiate athletics. (B) “Operating expense” includes maintenance and replacement of furniture and equipment, including motor vehicles; (9) “Satellite campus” means an institution or off-campus facility of a community college located within a service area of a technical or community college but not located within a community college district; (10)(A) “Service area” means the geographic area assigned by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board as the area to be served by the institution located within its borders. (B) Each county in the state shall be assigned to at least one (1) service area; (11) “State board”, “board”, or “full board” means the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board; (12) “System institution” means a technical college or community college; and (13) “Technical college” means an institution of higher education established under this chapter dedicated primarily to the educational needs of the service area and offering a comprehensive program, including, but without limitation, vocational, trade, and technical specialty courses and programs, courses in general adult education, and courses comparable in content and quality to freshman and sophomore courses which may carry transfer credit to a four-year institution in a chosen course of study.