(1) “Agent” means a person employed by a school as defined herein, whether such school is located within or outside Delaware, to act as an agent, solicitor, broker or independent contractor to directly procure students or enrollees for such school by solicitation in any form made at any place in this State other than the office or place of business of the school.

(2) “Board” means the State Board of Education.

(3) “Private business school,” “private trade school,” “trade school” or “school” means an educational institution privately owned and operated for profit or nonprofit by an owner, partnership or corporation, offering business or trade and industrial courses for which tuition may or may not be charged, and which may include those courses usually associated with business training schools, trade schools, specialized skill training schools or institutes, and other related subjects of a similar character or subjects of general education when they contribute values to the objectives of the course of study. Classes or courses may be identified by reference to Vocational Education and Occupations published by the United States Office of Education, or The Dictionary of Occupational Titles published by the United States Department of Labor; or lists prepared and promulgated from time to time by the Delaware State Department of Education, and in every case by evaluation of the information presented in the application required by § 8504, § 8507 and other applicable sections of this title. Classes in any of the subjects herein referred to which are taught or coached in homes or elsewhere are included in the term “school.”

(4) “Protective hairstyle” includes braids, locks, and twists.

(5) “Race” includes traits historically associated with race, including hair texture and a protective hairstyle.

(6) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Education.