Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 92 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Chapter 89 - REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR THE EDUCATION INNOVATION FUND PROGRAM-DISTANCE EDUCATION EQUIPMENT REIMBURSEMENT AND INCENTIVES
Section 92-89-002 - Definitions
Current through March 20, 2024
As used in this Chapter:
002.01 Annual curriculum reports
Annual curriculum reports shall mean the reports submitted to the Department by school districts as NDE form 02-015 under the authority of sections 79-302 and 79-318(5) R.R.S.
002.02 Board
Board shall mean the State Board of Education.
002.03 Commissioner
Commissioner shall mean the State Commissioner of Education.
002.04 Commissioner
Commissioner shall mean the Distance Education Council created pursuant to section 79-1333 R.R.S.
002.05 Course
Course shall mean a particular subject, subject area, or defined sequence of learning experiences with one or more students enrolled and in attendance. Department shall mean the State Department of Education, which is comprised of the Board and the Commissioner.
002.07 Distance education course
Distance education course shall mean a course with at least one student in any of grades kindergarten through twelve who is in a different location than the teacher and taught by a teacher employed by an educational entity either utilizing two-way interactive video or the Internet without two-way interactive video. Distance education course includes a dual-enrollment course with at least one student who is in a different location than the teacher and taught by a teacher employed by an educational entity utilizing either two-way interactive video or the Internet without two-way interactive video.
002.08 Distance education course received
Distance education course received shall mean a course as defined by section 002.07 of this Chapter that has at least one student enrolled and participating in the course.
002.09 Distance Education Equipment
Distance Education Equipment shall mean the basic distance education hardware (e.g. video displays, video and document cameras, audio input/output devices, codecs, routers, switches and instructor equipment (e.g. computer, associated printer, system control), console, and ancillary items (e.g. cables, connectors, and echo canceller) that are on location at the school site to capture, display, and transport and route audio and video data over Network Nebraska.
002.10 Educational entity
Educational entity shall mean a school district, a private, denominational, or parochial school approved or accredited under 92 NAC 10, or 92 NAC 14, an educational service unit, a community college, a state college, the University of Nebraska, or a nonprofit private postsecondary educational institution.
002.11 Fiscal year
Fiscal year shall mean a period that shall commence on July 1 in each year and end on June 30 in each year.
002.12 Fund
Fund shall mean the Education Innovation Fund created pursuant to section 9-812 R.R.S.
002.13 Hardware
Hardware shall mean the physical part of a computer, including the digital circuitry, as distinguished from the computer software that executes within the hardware, video displays, video and document cameras, audio input/output devices, codecs (e.g. hardware and software for coding and decoding information), routers, switches and instructor equipment (e.g. computer, associated printer, system control), console, and ancillary items (e.g. cables, connectors, and echo canceller) that are on location at the school site to capture, display, transport and route audio and video data over Network Nebraska.
002.14 High school building
High school building shall mean any school district building housing instructional programs for grades seven through twelve, nine through twelve, or ten through twelve.
002.15 Installation charges or costs
Installation charges or costs shall mean the fees for the placing, affixing, or attaching of the equipment as well as the initial, one-time connection charges.
002.16 Network Nebraska
Network Nebraska shall mean the network created pursuant to 86-5,100 R.R.S.
002.17 NITC
NITC shall mean the Nebraska Information Technology Commission created pursuant to section 86-515 R.R.S.
002.18 Qualified distance education course
Qualified distance education course shall mean a distance education course meeting the requirements of 92 NAC 10, which is offered for one semester of high school credit or the equivalent, and for which all of the participating educational entities are required to have access to Network Nebraska and which:
002.19 School district
School district shall mean a public school system organized to provide education in elementary and/or secondary grades and accredited under Title 92 of the Nebraska Administrative Code (NAC), Chapter 10.
002.20 Software
Software shall mean the programs, routines, and symbolic languages that control the functioning of the hardware and direct its operation.
002.21 Students in membership
Students in membership shall mean the count of students registered to attend school (present and absent) at a point in time during the school year.
002.22 Technical standards
Technical standards shall mean the protocols developed by the NITC technical panel, pursuant to section 86-521 R.R.S., as statewide requirements to achieve interoperability among distance education sites.
002.23 Two-way interactive video distance education course
Two-way interactive video distance education course shall mean a distance education course in which a teacher delivers instruction to students in a different location than the teacher using two-way interactive video on at least two different days per week during the course.
