Sec. 2. Definitions

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In this Act: The term accelerated learning model means a program that— is designed to help students in secondary school learn at a faster and more rigorous pace; and offers students the opportunity to earn postsecondary credits and, in some cases, obtain an occupational certificate or degree (including an associate degree), while such students are in secondary school. The term adult education means services or instruction below the postsecondary level for individuals— who have attained 16 years of age; who are not enrolled or required to be enrolled in secondary school under State law; and who— lack sufficient mastery of basic educational skills to function effectively in society; do not have a secondary school diploma, or the recognized equivalent of such diploma, and have not achieved an equivalent level of education; or are unable to speak, read, or write in the English language.

The term community college has the meaning given the term junior or community college in section 312(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1058(f) ). The term dual enrollment program means an academic program through which a secondary school student is able to simultaneously earn credit toward a secondary school diploma and a postsecondary degree or certificate. The term eligible entity means a State or a consortium of States. The term enrollment status has the meaning given the term in section 690.2(c) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on July 1, 2011).

The term Federal Pell Grant means a Federal Pell Grant under section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a). The term first generation college student has the meaning given the term in section 402A(h) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–11(h)). The term institution of higher education has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). The term low-income student means a student with a taxable family income for the preceding year that did not exceed 80 percent of the median taxable family income for a family of the same size as the student in the State in which the student is a resident.

The term net price has the meaning given the term in section 132(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015a(a)). The term open educational resource means an educational resource that is licensed under an open license and freely available online to the public. The term open license means a worldwide, royalty-free, nonexclusive, perpetual, and irrevocable copyright license that grants the public permission to access, reproduce, publicly perform, publicly display, adapt, distribute, and otherwise use the work governed by such license and adaptations of such work for any purpose, conditioned only upon the requirement that an author of such work receives appropriate attribution.

The term postsecondary credential means an associate degree, a baccalaureate degree, or a certificate provided by a community college or a postsecondary vocational institution. The term postsecondary vocational institution has the meaning given such term in section 102(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(c)). The term secondary school has the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ). The term Secretary means the Secretary of Education.

The term State has the meaning given the term in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003).

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