Alaska Administrative Code
Title 4 - Education and Early Development
Chapter 52 - Education for Children with Disabilities and Gifted Children
Article 2 - Program Administration: Children with Disabilities
4 AAC 52.790 - Definitions

(1) "assistive technology device" means an item, piece of equipment or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain or improve the functional capabilities of a child with a disability;

(2) "assistive technology service" means a service that directly assists a child with a disability in the selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive technology device, including

(3) "child with a disability" means a child with cognitive impairment, learning disabilities, emotional disturbance, deafness, deaf-blindness, hearing impairment, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, speech impairment, visual impairment, multiple disabilities, early childhood development delay, autism, or traumatic brain injury within the meaning of 4 AAC 52.130;

(4) "educational performance" means performance in school, or, in the case of a preschool child with a disability, performance in an age-appropriate setting;

(5) "emotionally disturbed" means eligible for special education and related services for an emotional disturbance under 4 AAC 52.130(d);

(6) "evaluation" means procedures used in accordance with 34 C.F.R. 300.304 - 300.306 and 300.308 - 300.311, adopted by reference in 4 AAC 52.120, to determine whether the individual child has a disability and the nature and extent of the special education and related services that the child needs; "evaluation" does not include basic tests administered to, or procedures used with, all children in a school, grade, or class;

(7) "FAPE" means free appropriate public education;

(8) "free appropriate public education" has the same meaning given that term in 34 C.F.R. 300.17, as revised as of October 13, 2006, and adopted by reference;

(9) "guardian" means a person designated by a will or appointed by a court to exercise the rights and responsibilities with regard to a child;

(10) "IEP" means individualized education program;

(11) "individualized education program" has the same meaning given that term in 34 C.F.R. 300.22, as revised as of October 13, 2006, and adopted by reference;

(12) "interim alternative educational setting" means a change of placement determined through disciplinary proceedings carried out under 4 AAC 52.550(l), that meets the procedures and requirements in 34 C.F.R. 300.531, as revised as of October 13, 2006, and adopted by reference;

(13) "location," in the context of providing a service under an IEP, means the type of environment that is the appropriate place for provision of the service;

(14) "parent" means a

(15) "related services" has the same meaning given that term in AS 14.30.350;

(16) "screening" means a brief procedure for identifying children who should receive a more comprehensive diagnostic assessment; "screening" includes informal non-standardized procedures, and formal standardized procedures;

(17) "special education" has the same meaning given that term in AS 14.30.350;

(18) "specially designed instruction" means the content, methodology, or delivery of instruction, adapted to

(19) "supplementary aids and services" means aids, services, and other supports that are provided in regular education classes, other education-related settings, or extracurricular or nonacademic settings, to enable children with disabilities to be educated with nondisabled children to the maximum extent appropriate in accordance with 34 C.F.R. 300.114 - 300.116, as revised as of October 13, 2006, and adopted by reference;

(20) "basic adaptive skills" means, beginning in the school year that commences July 1, 2010, rudimentary facility, as appropriate to the age of the student, in

(21) "multiple services" means more than one special education service or related service;

(22) repealed 1/17/2007;

(23) "appropriate to the age of the student" means with consideration of the wide range of ages during which children develop skills, particularly children under six years of age for whom a basic skill may be developing or emerging;

(24) "individual care" means providing for the health, safety, and educational needs of the student with personal attention by a certified special education teacher, a special education aide, or another trained person; for purposes of this paragraph, "personal attention" means

(25) "rudimentary facility" means, beginning July 1, 2011,