As used in the Oklahoma Tuition Trust Act: 1. "Advance tuition payment contract" means a contract entered into by the Trust and a purchaser to provide for the higher education of a qualified beneficiary; 2. "Regents" means the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education; 3. "Purchaser" means a person who makes or is obligated to make advance tuition payments pursuant to an advance tuition payment contract; 4. "Qualified beneficiary" means any resident of this state, eligible and entitled to attend a state institution of higher education without further in-state tuition payment pursuant to an advance tuition payment contract; 5. "Institution of higher education" means a state-supported institution of higher education within this state, which is designated by the Regents as an institution of higher education for purposes of the Oklahoma Tuition Trust Act; 6. "Trust" means the Oklahoma Tuition Trust; 7. "Tuition" means the general enrollment fees imposed each semester upon residents of this state to attend a state institution of higher education including all mandatory special fees required as a condition of enrollment as determined by the State Regents for Higher Education; 8. "Nonresident tuition" means the semester charges imposed upon nonresidents of this state to attend a state institution of higher education including all general enrollment fees, nonresident tuition payments and mandatory special fees as determined by the State Regents for Higher Education; and 9. "Eligibility period" means the period of time in which a qualified beneficiary may exercise the rights granted in an advance payment contract.
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