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| 9.__Eligible individual.__"Eligible individual" means a student | | who meets the eligibility requirements of section 12505. |
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| | | 10.__Graduating high school senior.__"Graduating high school | | senior" means a student who is a resident of the State, who | | graduates from a secondary school approved pursuant to section | | 2901 and who is entering that student's first year in an | | institution of higher education at the beginning of the next | | academic year. An academic year for graduating high school | | seniors is considered to be from September to June. |
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| | | 11.__Institution of higher education.__"Institution of | | higher education" means an institution of higher education | | located within this State, another state or a foreign country | | that meets the requirements of and conforms to the definitions | | contained in the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as | | amended, 20 United States Code, Section 1001(a) and the | | regulations, guidelines and procedures promulgated by the | | Secretary of Education pursuant to these sections of the law. |
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| | | 12.__Return service.__"Return service" means service in | | public elementary or secondary school or private school in | | this State approved for tuition purposes for a full school | | year as a certified teacher or a speech pathologist or service | | for a 12-month period in a child care facility by an | | individual who has attained child care provider | | qualifications. |
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| | | 13.__Student pursuing postbaccalaureate certification.__ | | "Student pursuing postbaccalaureate certification" means a | | student who has earned a baccalaureate degree or its | | equivalent and is pursuing a program of study leading to | | certification as a teacher or speech pathologist or to the | | attainment of child care provider qualifications. |
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| | | 14.__Undergraduate.__"Undergraduate" means an individual who | | has not been awarded any baccalaureate degree and who is | | currently enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a full-time | | student at an institution of higher education, including a | | graduating high school senior. |
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| 15.__Underserved subject areas.__"Underserved subject areas" | | means those subjects or programs, required or authorized to be | | taught in the public schools, for which there is an insufficient | | supply of teachers or speech pathologists as determined by the | | chief executive officer in consultation with the commissioner. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §12502, as repealed and replaced by PL 1999, c. | | 783, §3, is amended to read: |
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