Definitions.
As used in this article:
"Operational expense" means those funds devoted to or required for the regular or ordinary expenses of the school of professional nursing, including administration, maintenance and salary expenses;
"School of professional nursing" means a school in New Jersey offering a program of nursing instruction not exceeding four years beyond high school, which is affiliated with a hospital and holds a certificate of accreditation issued by the New Jersey Board of Nursing, provided that the school is not eligible to receive State aid for its nursing program under any other law;
"Student" means any full-time student who is a resident of this State and who enters a school of professional nursing to begin a program of nursing instruction or any part-time student who is a resident of this State who enters an upper division program of nursing instruction in a school of professional nursing.