Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) "Alternate
Diploma" means a diploma issued in accordance with Section
R277-705-5.
(2) "Demonstrated competence" means subject
mastery as determined by LEA standards and review. LEA review may include such
methods and documentation as: tests, interviews, peer evaluations, writing
samples, reports, or portfolios.
(3) "Diploma" means an official document
awarded by an LEA consistent with state and LEA graduation requirements and the
provisions of this rule.
(4) "FAPE"
means a free appropriate public education, which includes special education and
related services that are provided at public expense, under public supervision
and direction, and without charge in accordance with Board rule and the IDEA
and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
(5)
(a)
"Secondary school" means grades 7-12 in whatever kind of school the grade
levels exist.
(b) Grade 6 may be
considered a secondary grade for some purposes.
(6) "Section 504 plan" means a written
statement of related aids and services for a student with a qualifying
disability that is developed, reviewed, and revised in accordance with Section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
(7)
(a)
"Special purpose school" means a school designated by a regional accrediting
agency, adopted by the Board.
(b)
"Special purpose school" includes a school:
(i) that serves a specific population such as
a student with a disability, youth in custody, or a school with a specific
curricular emphasis; and
(ii) with
curricula designed to serve specific populations that may be modified from a
traditional program.
(8) "Student with a significant cognitive
disability" or "SWSCD" is determined by a comprehensive understanding of a
whole student, including review of educational considerations and data obtained
through the IEP process, including whether a student:
(a) requires intensive, repeated, modified,
and direct individualized instruction and requires substantial supports to
learn, maintain, and generalize skills in the student's grade and
age-appropriate curriculum;
(b) has
special education eligibility documentation indicating the disability
significantly impacts intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior;
(c) demonstrates cognitive functioning and
adaptive behavior in home, school, and community environments, which are
significantly below age expectations, even with program modifications,
adaptations, and accommodations;
(d) has a severe and complex cognitive
disability, which limits the student from meaningful participation in the
standard academic core curriculum or achievement of the academic content
standards established at grade level, without substantial support,
modifications, adaptations, and accommodations;
(e) may be eligible to participate in
alternate assessments; and
(f) has
a disability, which increases the need for dependence on others for many, if
not all, daily living needs, and is expected to require extensive ongoing
support through adulthood.
(9) "Supplemental education provider" means a
private school or educational service provider:
(a) that may or may not be accredited;
and
(b) that provides courses or
services similar to public school courses or classes.
(10)
(a)
"Transcript" means an official document or record generated by one or several
schools which includes:
(i) the courses in
which a secondary student was enrolled;
(ii) grades and units of credit earned;
and
(iii) citizenship and
attendance records.
(b) A
transcript is one part of a student's permanent record or cumulative file that
may include:
(i) birth certificate
(ii) immunization records; and
(iii) other information as determined by the
school in possession of the record.
(11) "Unit of credit" means credit awarded
for a course taken:
(a) consistent with this
rule;
(b) upon LEA authorization;
or
(c) for mastery demonstrated by
approved methods.
