Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 92 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Chapter 82 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE DIPLOMA OF HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY ASSISTANCE ACT
Section 92-82-003 - Definitions

003.03A Adult Information Management System (AIMS) means the student data system utilized by the Nebraska Department of Education in the administration of the Nebraska Adult Education program.

003.03B Contact hours means the hours of instruction or instructional activity. Instructional activity includes any program-sponsored activity designed to promote student learning in the program curriculum, such as classroom instruction, assessment, tutoring, distance education, or participation in a learning lab.

003.03C Department means the State Department of Education, which is comprised of the State Board of Education and the Commissioner of Education.

003.03D Fiscal year means a time period commencing on July 1 and ending on June 30 of the following year.

003.03E High School Equivalency Program means a program which is offered by an institution, or, for purposes of Section 007 of this Chapter offered by any entity other than an institution and provides participants with training and examinations for a diploma of high school equivalency.

003.03F Initial Exam means when the participant completes his/her first module of the test battery that is required to obtain the diploma of high school equivalency under Chapter 81 of this Title.

003.03G Institution means a state agency, a school district as defined in Section 79-101 R.R.S., or a community college area as defined in Section 85-1503 R.R.S.

003.03H Nebraska Adult Education Class means instruction offered to individuals who at least 16 years of age and older, officially withdrawn from school, and who function at or below the 12th grade level.

003.03I Participant, except as otherwise provided in Section 003.03J, means an individual over the age of 16 who has officially withdrawn from school and who has enrolled in a high school equivalency program at an institution and has attended a Nebraska Adult Education class a minimum of 12 contact hours.

003.03J Participant not enrolled in the institution's high school equivalency program means an individual over the age of 16 who has officially withdrawn from school and has completed the test battery required to obtain the diploma of high school equivalency under Chapter 81 of this Title.