Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 85. State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education § 85-2403. Terms, defined

(1)Authorization to operate means either an authorization to operate on a continuing basis or a recurrent authorization to operate;

(2)Authorization to operate on a continuing basis means approval by the commission to operate a postsecondary institution in this state without a renewal requirement and once such authorization has been issued it continues indefinitely unless otherwise suspended, revoked, or terminated, including such authorizations previously deemed to be effective as of May 5, 2011, pursuant to the Postsecondary Institution Act for private and out-of-state public postsecondary institutions that had been continuously offering four-year undergraduate programs with a physical presence in the state for at least twenty academic years and for Nebraska public postsecondary institutions;

(3)Branch facility means a facility in Nebraska (a) which is separate from a principal facility, (b) which offers a full program and full student services, (c) which is under the supervision of an onsite director or administrator, and (d)(i) the ownership, management, and control of which are the same as the principal facility, which principal facility is responsible for the delivery of all services, or (ii) at which education is offered by a franchisee of a franchisor authorized to operate as a postsecondary institution by the act;

(4)Commission means the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education;

(5)Executive director means the executive director of the commission or his or her designee;

(6)For-profit postsecondary institution means any private postsecondary institution that is not exempt for federal tax purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as defined in section 49-801.01;

(7)Nebraska public postsecondary institution means any public postsecondary institution established, operated, and governed by this state or any of its political subdivisions;

(8)Out-of-state public postsecondary institution means any public postsecondary institution established, operated, and governed by another state or any of its political subdivisions;

(10)Postsecondary institution means any institution with a physical presence in Nebraska that provides postsecondary education and is exempt from the Private Postsecondary Career School Act;

(11) Principal facility means the primary physical presence in Nebraska of a postsecondary institution;

(12)Private postsecondary institution means any Nebraska or out-of-state nonpublic postsecondary institution including any for-profit postsecondary institution or nonprofit postsecondary institution; and

(13)Recurrent authorization to operate means approval by the commission to operate a postsecondary institution in this state until a renewal of such authorization is required.