North Dakota Century Code Title 15. Education § 15-70-01. Definitions

1. “Full time” means that a student is enrolled for at least twenty-four semester hours during an academic year.

2. “Nonbeneficiary student” means a resident of North Dakota who is enrolled in a tribally controlled community college but is not an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian tribe nor a biological child of a living or deceased member of an Indian tribe.

3. “Tribally controlled community college” means an institution of higher education in this state which is formally controlled or has been formally sanctioned or chartered by the governing body of an Indian tribe, or any combination of federally recognized Indian tribes.