Page 1 of 22 ARTICLE XX-A THE STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (added Nov. 12, 1982, P.L.660, No.188; as amended through July 1, 2020) SECTION 2001-A. DEFINITIONS The following words and phrases when used in this article shall, for the purpose of this article, have the following meanings, respectively, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) "Affiliated entity" shall mean a private nonprofit corporation with the sole purpose of benefiting the State System of Higher Education or a State-owned university. (present (1) added and former (1) renumbered (1.1) July 1, 2020, P.L.558, No.50) (1.1) "Board" shall mean the Board of Governors of the State System of Higher Education. (former (1) renumbered (1.1) July 1, 2020, P.L.558, No.50) (2) "Chancellor" shall mean the chief executive officer of the State System of Higher Education. (3) "Coalition bargaining" shall mean two (2) or more employers bargaining jointly with all of their employes in a particular category or bargaining unit so that one collective process would determine the conditions of employment for all employers in the appropriate units involved. (4) "Commission" shall mean the presidents of the several institutions. (5) "Council" shall mean the council of trustees of the individual institutions. (6) "Deferment" shall mean any authorized delay in the payment by a student of all or part of his tuition fee, charges for room and board, application fee, student activity fee, or any other charge or fee. (6.1) "Education record" shall have the same meaning as in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (Public Law 90-247, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g). ((6.1) added July 1, 2020, P.L.558, No.50) (7) "Employer" shall mean the Board of Governors of the State System of Higher Education as the successor employer to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (8) "Graduate assistant" means a graduate student appointed by the president and assigned to a faculty or staff member to assist in research, instruction and other related professional duties. (9) "Higher education" shall include any organized program of instruction, research or service primarily concerned with a field of organized knowledge, related theory, and associated practice or application of skills and which leads to a degree; that is, the work is creditable toward a degree.
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