• Graduate degree or graduate certification other than a first-professional degree in law, medicine, dentistry, or "Pharm. D"; or
  • Professional degree in law, medicine, dentistry, or "Pharm. D".
  • "Dependent person" means a person who cannot demonstrate financial independence from parents or persons other than a spouse and who does not meet the criteria for independence established in Section 5 of this administrative regulation.
  • "Determination of residency status" means the decision of a postsecondary education institution that may include a formal hearing that results in the classification of a person as a Kentucky resident or as a nonresident for admission and tuition assessment purposes.
  • "Domicile" means a person's true, fixed, and permanent home and is the place where the person intends to remain indefinitely, and to which the person expects to return if absent without intending to establish a new domicile elsewhere.
  • "Full-time employment" means continuous employment for at least forty-eight (48) weeks at an average of at least thirty (30) hours per week.
  • "Independent person" means a person who demonstrates financial independence from parents or persons other than a spouse and who meets the criteria for independence established in Section 5 of this administrative regulation.
  • "Institution" means an entity defined by KRS 164.001(12) if the type of institution is not expressly stated and includes the Kentucky Virtual University, the Council on Postsecondary Education, and the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority.
  • "Kentucky resident" means a person determined by an institution for tuition purpose to be domiciled in and a resident of Kentucky as determined by this administrative regulation.
  • "Nonresident" means a person who:
  • Is domiciled outside by Kentucky;
  • Currently maintains legal residence outside Kentucky; or
  • Is not a Kentucky resident as determined by this administrative regulation.
  • "Parent" means one (1) of the following:
  • A person's father or mother; or
  • A court-appointed legal guardian if:
  • The guardianship is recognized by an appropriate court within the United States;
  • There was a relinquishment of the rights of the parents; and
  • The guardianship was not established primarily to confer Kentucky residency on the person.
  • "Preponderance of the evidence" means the greater weight of evidence or evidence that is more credible and convincing to the mind.
  • "Residence" means the place of abode of a person and the place where the person is physically present most of the time for a noneducational purpose in accordance with Section 3 of this administrative regulation.
  • "Student financial aid" means all forms of payments to a student if one (1) condition of receiving the payment is the enrollment of the student at an institution, and includes student employment by the institution or a graduate assistantship.
  • "Sustenance" means living expenses including room, board, maintenance, transportation, and educational expenses including tuition, fees, books, and supplies.

Student Affairs Committee May 11, 2011