In this title, unless the context otherwise requires,
(1) “attendance area” means the geographic area designated by the department to be served by a school;
(2) “board” means the state Board of Education and Early Development;
(3) “commissioner” means the commissioner of education and early development;
(4) “department” means the Department of Education and Early Development;
(5) “governing body” means the school board of a borough or city school district or a regional educational attendance area;
(6) “public schools” include elementary schools, high schools, citizenship night schools for adults, and other public educational institutions that may be established;
(7) “regional educational attendance area” means an educational service area in the unorganized borough which may or may not include a military reservation, and that contains one or more public schools of grade levels K-12 or any portion of those grade levels that are to be operated under the management and control of a single regional school board;
(8) “school board” means the school board of a borough or city school district or a regional educational attendance area.