# Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-28: Sec. 10a-28. (Formerly Sec. 10-329d). Definitions

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## Section

- **Citation:** Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-28
- **Heading:** Sec. 10a-28. (Formerly Sec. 10-329d). Definitions
- **Jurisdiction:** Connecticut
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185 / Section 10a-28

## Text

(1) “Institution” means a constituent unit in the state system of higher education;

(2) “Residence” or “reside” denotes continuous and permanent physical presence within this state, provided temporary absence for short periods of time shall not affect the establishment of a residence;

(3) “Domicile” denotes a person's true, fixed and permanent home and place of habitation. It is the place where he intends to remain, and to which he expects to return when he leaves without intending to establish a new domicile elsewhere;

(4) “Emancipated person” means a person who has attained the age of eighteen years, and whose parents have entirely surrendered the right to the care, custody and earnings of such person and who no longer are under any legal obligation to support or maintain such person. If any of the aforesaid tests are not met, such person shall be deemed an “unemancipated person”;

(5) “Parent” means a person's father; or if he has no father, his mother; or if one parent has custody of an unemancipated person, the parent having custody; or if there is a guardian or legal custodian of an unemancipated person, then such guardian or legal custodian, provided there are no circumstances indicating that such guardianship or custodianship was created primarily for the purpose of conferring the status of an in-state student on such unemancipated person;

(6) Attendance at a school or schools in this state shall be deemed “continuous” if the person claiming continuous attendance has been enrolled at a school or schools in this state as a full-time student, as such term is defined in section 10a-26 .

## Nearby sections

- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-1a Sec. 10a-1a. Board of Regents for Higher Education.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T10a_C185_S10a-1a.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-1b Sec. 10a-1b. Chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities. Staff. Vice-chancellors.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T10a_C185_S10a-1b.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-1d Sec. 10a-1d. Office of Higher Education. Commissioner.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T10a_C185_S10a-1d.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-1f Sec. 10a-1f. Office of Higher Education substituted for Office of Financial and Academic Affairs for Higher Education.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T10a_C185_S10a-1f.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-1g Sec. 10a-1g. Board member training.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T10a_C185_S10a-1g.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-1h Sec. 10a-1h. Higher Education Financial Sustainability Advisory Board. Membership. Duties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T10a_C185_S10a-1h.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-3 Sec. 10a-3. Student advisory committee to Board of Regents for Higher Education. Membership. Duties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T10a_C185_S10a-3.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-3a Sec. 10a-3a. Faculty advisory committee to Board of Regents for Higher Education. Membership. Duties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T10a_C185_S10a-3a.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-6 Sec. 10a-6. Duties of the Board of Regents for Higher Education. Policy goals. Access to information.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T10a_C185_S10a-6.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-7 Sec. 10a-7. Applicability of chapter 54 to the Board of Regents for Higher Education.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T10a_C185_S10a-7.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-8 Sec. 10a-8. (Formerly Sec. 10-323f). Budget preparation. Development of program or formula-based budgeting system. Allocation of appropriations. Allotment reductions. Transfer of funds.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T10a_C185_S10a-8.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-8c Sec. 10a-8c. Matching grant: Restrictions on appropriations. Exception.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T10a_C185_S10a-8c.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-8e Sec. 10a-8e. Board of Regents for Higher Education: Disposition of surplus property.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T10a_C185_S10a-8e.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-9b Sec. 10a-9b. Use of CORE-CT system by constituent units.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T10a_C185_S10a-9b.md)

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