§ 6301 — Definitions

§ 6301. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context shall\notherwise require, the following terms shall mean:\n 1. "State university trustees." Board of trustees of the state\nuniversity.\n 2. "Community colleges." Colleges established and operated pursuant to\nthe provisions of this article, either individually or jointly, by\ncounties, cities, intermediate school districts, school districts\napproved by the state university trustees, or individually by community\ncollege regions approved by the state university trustees, and providing\ntwo-year post secondary programs pursuant to regulations prescribed by\nthe state university trustees and receiving financial assistance from\nthe state therefor.\n 3. "Local sponsor." Any city, county, intermediate school district,\nschool district approved by the state university trustees, or community\ncollege region approved by the state university trustees, sponsoring or\nparticipating in the establishment or operation of a community college.\n 4. "Community college region." A community college local sponsor\ncomposed of two or more contiguous counties, cities or school districts,\nor any combination thereof, which are eligible to appoint members to a\ncommunity college regional board of trustees.\n 5. "Resident." A person who has resided in the state for a period of\nat least one year and in the county, city, town, intermediate school\ndistrict, school district or community college region, as the case may\nbe, for a period of at least six months, both immediately preceding the\ndate of such person's registration in a community college or, for the\npurposes of section sixty-three hundred five of this article, his or her\napplication for a certificate of residence; provided, however, that this\nterm shall include any student who is not a resident of New York state,\nother than a non-immigrant noncitizen within the meaning of paragraph\n(15) of subsection (a) of section 1101 of title 8 of the United States\nCode, if such student:\n (i) attended an approved New York high school for two or more years,\ngraduated from an approved New York high school and applied for\nattendance at an institution or educational unit of the state university\nwithin five years of receiving a New York state high school diploma; or\n (ii) attended an approved New York state program for general\nequivalency diploma exam preparation, received a general equivalency\ndiploma issued within New York state and applied for attendance at an\ninstitution or educational unit of the state university within five\nyears of receiving a general equivalency diploma issued within New York\nstate; or\n (iii) was enrolled in an institution or educational unit of the state\nuniversity in the fall semester or quarter of the two thousand one--two\nthousand two academic year and was authorized by such institution or\neducational unit to pay tuition at the rate or charge imposed for\nstudents who are residents of the state.\n Provided, further, that a student without lawful immigration status\nshall also be required to file an affidavit with such institution or\neducational unit stating that the student has filed an application to\nlegalize his or her immigration status, or will file such an application\nas soon as he or she is eligible to do so.\n In the event that a person qualified as above for state residence, but\nhas been a resident of two or more counties in the state during the six\nmonths immediately preceding his application for a certificate of\nresidence pursuant to section sixty-three hundred five of this chapter,\nthe charges to the counties of residence shall be allocated among the\nseveral counties proportional to the number of months, or major fraction\nthereof, of residence in each county.\n 6. "Certificate of residence form". A standard form as developed by\nthe chancellor of the state university of New York, in conjunction with\nthe chancellor of the city university of New York.\n