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definitions Sec. 401. As used in this Act— (a) (1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2) of this paragraph, the term “academic facilities” means structures suitable for use as classrooms, laboratories? libraries, and related facilities necessary or appropriate for instruction of students, or for research, or for administation of the educational or research programs, of an institution of higher education, and maintenance, storage, or utility facilities essential to operation of the foregoing facilities. (2) The term “academic facilities” shall not include (A) any facility intended primarily for events for which admission is to be charged to the general public, or (B) any gymnasium or other facility specially designed for athletic or recreational activities, other than for an academic course in physical education or where the Commissioner finds that the physical integration of such facilities with other academic facilities included under this Act is required to carry out the objectives of this Act, or (C) any facility used or to be used for sectarian instruction or as a place for religious worship, or (D) any facility which (although not a facility described in the preceding clause) is used or to be used primarily in connection with any part of the program of a school or department of divinity, or (E) any facility used or to be used by a “school of medicine”, “school of dentistry”, “school of osteopathy”, “school of pharmacy”, “school of optometry”, “school of podiatry”, “school of nursing”, or “school of public health”, as defined in section 724 of the Public Health Service Act. For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term “school or department of divinity” means an institution, or a department or branch of an institution, whose program is specifically for the education of students to prepare them to become ministers of religion or to enter upon some other religious vocation or to prepare them to teach theological subjects. (b) (1) The term “construction” means (A) erection of new or expansion of existing structures, and the acquisition and installation of initial equipment therefor; or (B) acquisition of existing structures not owned by the institution involved; or (C) rehabilitation, altera-77 Stat. 375tion, conversion, or improvement (including the acquisition and installation of initial equipment, or modernization or replacement of built-in equipment) of existing structures; or (D) a combination of any two or more of the foregoing. (2) The term “equipment” includes, in addition to machinery, utilities, and built-in equipment and any necessary enclosures or structures to house them, all other items necessary for the functioning of a particular facility as an academic facility, including necessary furniture, except books, curricular and program materials, and items of current operating expense such as fuel, supplies, and the like; the term “initial equipment” means equipment acquired and installed in connection with construction as defined in paragraph (1)(A) or (B) of this subsection or, in cases referred to in paragraph (1) (C), equipment acquired and installed as part of the rehabilitation, alteration, conversion, or improvement of an existing structure which structure would otherwise not be adequate for use as an academic facility; and the terms “equipment”, “initial equipment”, and “built-in equipment” shall be more particularly defined by the Commissioner by regulation. (c) The term “development cost”, with respect to an academic facility, means the amount found by the Commissioner to be the cost, to the applicant for a grant or loan under this Act, of the construction involved and the cost of necessary acquisition of the land on which the facility is located and of necessary site improvements to permit its use for such facility, but excluding any cost incurred before, or under a contract entered into lie fore, the enactment, of this Act. There shall further be excluded from the development cost— (1) in determining the amount of any grant under title I or II of this Act, an amount equal to the sum of (A) any Federal grant which the institution has obtained, or is assured of obtaining, under any law other than this Act, with respect to the construction that is to be financed with the aid of a grant under title I or II of this Act, and (B) the amount of any non-Federal funds required to be expended as a condition of such other Federal grant; and (2) in determining the amount of any loan under title III of this Act, an amount equal to the amount of any Federal financial assistance which the institution has obtained, or is assured of obtaining, under any law other than this Act, with respect to the construction that is to be financed with the aid of a loan under title III of this Act: (d) The term “Federal share” means, in the case of a project for an institution of higher education other than a public community college or public technical institute, a percentage (as determined under the applicable State plan) not in excess of 33⅓ per centum of its development cost; and such term means, in the case of a public community college or public technical institute, 40 per centum of its development cost. (e) The term “higher education building agency” means (1) an agency, public authority, or other instrumentality of a State authorized to provide, or finance the construction of, academic facilities for institutions of higher education (whether or not also authorized to provide or finance other facilities for such or other educational institutions, or for their students or faculty), or (2) any corporation (no part of the net earnings of which inures or may lawfully inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual) (A) established by an institution of higher education for the sole purpose of providing academic facilities for the use of such institution, and (B) upon dissolution of which all title to any property purchased or built from the 77 Stat. 376proceeds of any Ioan made under title III of this Act will pass to such institution. (f) The term “institution of higher education” means an educational institution in any State which— (1) admits as regular students only individuals having a certificate of graduation from a high school, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate; (2) is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of education bevond high school; (3) provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor’s degree, or provides not less than a two-year program which is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree, or offers a two-year program in engineering, mathematics, or the physical or biological sciences which is designed to prepare the student to work as a technician and at a semiprofessional level in engineering, scientific, or other technological fields which require the understanding and application of basic engineering, scientific, or mathematical principles or knowledge; (4) is a public or other nonprofit institution; and (5) is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association listed by the Commissioner pursuant to this paragraph or, if not so accredited, is an institution whose credits are accepted, on transfer, by not less than three institutions which are so accredited, for credit on the same basis as if transferred from an institution so accredited: Provided, however, That in the case of an institution offering a two-year program in engineering, mathematics, or the physical or biological sciences which is designed to prepare the student to work as a technician and at a semiprofessional level in engineering, scientific, or technological fields which require the understanding and application of basic engineering, scientific, or mathematical principles or knowledge, if the Commissioner determines there is no nationally recognized accrediting agency or association qualified to accredit such institutions, he shall, under section 402(c), appoint an advisory committee, composed of persons specially qualified to evaluate training provided by such institutions, which shall prescribe the standards of content, scope, and quality which must be met in order to qualify such institutions for assistance under this Act. and shall also determine whether particular institutions meet such standards: Provided, however, That the requirements of this clause (5) shall be deemed to be satisfied in the case of an institution applying for assistance under this Act, if the Commissioner determines that there is satisfactory assurance that upon completion of the project for which such assistance is requested, or upon completion of that project and others under construction or planned and to be commenced within a reasonable time, the institution will meet such requirements; and for the purposes of this paragraph the Commissioner shall publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies or associations which he determines to be reliable authority as to the quality of education or training offered. (g) The term “public community college and public technical institute” means an institution of higher education which is under public supervision and control and is organized and administered principally to provide a two-year program wliich is acceptable for full credit toward a bachelor’s degree or a two-year program in engineering, mathematics, or the physical or biological sciences which is designed to prepare the student to work as a technician and at a semiprofessional level in engineering, scientific, or other technological 77 Stat. 377fields which require the understanding and application of basic engineering, scientific, or mathematical principles or knowledge, and, if a branch of an institution of higher education offering four or more years of higher education, is located in a community different from that in which its parent institution is located. (h) The term “cooperative graduate center’ means an insti tut ion or program created by two or more institutions of higher education which will offer to the students of the participating institutions of higher education graduate work which could not be offered with the same proficiency and/or economy at the individual institution of higher education. The center may be located or the program carried out on the campus of any of the participating institutions or at a separate location. (i) The term “cooperative graduate center board” means a duly constituted board established to construct and maintain the cooperative graduate center and coordinate academic programs. The board shall be composed of representatives of each of the higher education institutions participating in the center and of the community involved. At least one-third of the board’s members shall be community representatives. The board shall elect by a majority vote a chairman from among its membership. (j) The term “high school” does not include any grade beyond grade 12. (k) The term “nonprofit educational institution” means an educational institution owned and operated by one or more corporations or associations no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may law-fully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. (l) The term “public educational institution” does not include a school or institution of any agency of the United States. (m) The term “State” includes, in addition to the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.