As used in this act:

“Agency” shall mean the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.

“Assistance grant” shall not exceed four hundred dollars ($400).

“Assistance grant fund” shall mean the aid received pursuant to this act on behalf of Pennsylvania State scholarship students by each eligible institution.

“Community colleges” shall mean institutions now, or hereafter, created pursuant to the act of August 24, 1963 (P.L. 1132, No. 484), known as the “Community College Act of 1963.”¹

“Educational cost” shall not include expenses for sectarian and denominational instruction, the construction or maintenance of sectarian and denominational facilities or for any other sectarian and denominational purpose or activity.

“Eligible institution” shall mean an independent institution of higher education located in and chartered by, the Commonwealth, which is neither a State-owned institution, State-related institution nor a community college, which is operated not for profit, which is determined by the agency not to be a theological seminary or school of theology or a sectarian and denominational institution and which is approved by the agency for assistance grants pursuant to the provisions of this act.

“Pennsylvania State scholarship student” shall mean an individual who received aid in the form of a grant pursuant to the act of January 25, 1966 (P.L. 1546, No. 541)² or the act of October 11, 1972 (P.L. 899, No. 213)³ or the act of October 11, 1972 (P.L. 909, No. 216).⁴

“State-owned institutions” shall mean the fourteen Pennsylvania State colleges and university.

“State-related institutions” shall mean the Pennsylvania State University, the University of Pittsburgh, Temple University, Lincoln University and their branch campuses, and any institution which is hereafter designated “State-related” by the Commonwealth.