Delaware Administrative Code
Title 14 - Education
200 - Administration and Operations
255 - Definitions of Types of Schools
Section 255-2.0 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 14 DE Admin Code 255-2.0
Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024

The following words and terms, when used in this regulation, have the following meaning:

"Charter School" means a public school that is operated under a charter granted by, or transferred to, the Delaware Department of Education or other authorizing body pursuant to 14 Del.C. Ch. 5.

"Homeschool" means a nonpublic school pursuant to 14 Del.C. § 2703A.

"Local Education Agency " or "LEA" means a reorganized traditional school district, vocational-technical school district, or charter school, legally constituted and established under Delaware law for either administrative control or direction of public elementary or secondary schools.

"Magnet School" means a physical plant having any or all of grades kindergarten through twelve, supported primarily from public funds and under the supervision of public school administrators. It exists under a designation granted by a reorganized school district.

"Nonpublic School" means a private school or home school pursuant to 14 Del.C. § 2703A.

"Private School" means a school having any or all of grades kindergarten through twelve, operating under a board of trustees and maintaining a faculty and plant which are properly supervised.

"Public School" means a physical plant having any or all grades kindergarten through twelve, supported primarily from public funds and under the supervision of public school administrators.

"Reorganized School District" means a clearly defined geographic subdivision of the state organized for the purposes of administering public education pursuant to 14 Del.C. Ch. 10.

"School District" means a reorganized school district or a vocational-technical school district or both depending upon the context in which the term is used.

"Vocational-Technical School District" means a subdivision of the state, the boundaries of which are co-extensive with the boundaries of the county in which it is located, organized for the purposes of administering vocational and technical education pursuant to 14 Del.C. Ch. 10.

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