Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-41.51 - Other definitions applicable to this chapter
The following additional definitions apply to this chapter.
(1)
Appropriate
activities . "Appropriate activities " means those activities that are
consistent with age-relevant abilities or milestones that typically developing
children of the same age would be performing or would have achieved.
(2)
Board . "Board " means the
Iowa state board of education.
(3)
Department . "Department " means the state department of
education.
(4)
Director . "Director " means the director of special education
of the AEA.
(5)
Director of
education . "Director of education " means the state director of the
department of education.
(6)
Early childhood special education . "Early childhood special
education " or "ECSE" means special education and related services for those
individuals below the age of six.
(7)
General curriculum .
"General curriculum " means the curriculum adopted by an LEA or schools within
the LEA for all children from preschool through secondary school.
(8)
General education
environment . "General education environment " includes, but is not
limited to, the classes, classrooms, services, and nonacademic and
extracurricular services and activities made available by an agency to all
students. For preschool children who require special education, the general
education environment is the environment where appropriate activities occur for
children of similar age without disabilities.
(9)
General education
interventions . "General education interventions " means attempts to
resolve presenting problems or behaviors of concern in the general education
environment prior to conducting a full and individual evaluation as described
in rule 281-41.312 (256B, 34CFR300
).
(10)
Head
injury . "Head injury " means an acquired injury to the brain caused by
an external physical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability
or psychosocial impairment, or both, that adversely affects an individual's
educational performance. The term applies to open or closed head injuries
resulting in impairments in one or more areas such as cognition; language;
memory; attention; reasoning; abstract thinking; judgment; problem solving;
sensory, perceptual and motor abilities; psychosocial behavior; physical
functions; information processing; and speech . The term does not apply to brain
injuries that are congenital or degenerative or brain injuries induced by birth
trauma.
(11)
Multicategorical . "Multicategorical " means special education
in which the individuals receiving special education have different types of
disabilities.
(12)
School
district of the child's residence . "School district of the child's
residence " or "district of residence of the child" is that school district in
which the parent of the individual resides, subject to the following:
a. If an eligible individual is physically
present ("lives") in a district other than the district of residence of the
individual's parent for a primary purpose other than school attendance, then
the district of residence of the individual is the district in which the
individual resides, and that district becomes responsible for providing and
funding the special education and related services.
b. If an eligible individual is physically
present ("lives") in a district other than the district of residence of the
individual's parent solely for the purpose of school attendance, the district
of residence remains that of the parent; therefore, the parent must pay tuition
to the receiving district. The district of residence cannot be held responsible
for tuition payment.
c. If an
individual is physically present ("lives") in an intermediate care facility,
residential care facility, or other similar facility, the individual's district
of residence is deemed to be that of the individual's parents.
d. "Children living in a foster care
facility" are individuals requiring special education who are living in a
licensed individual or agency child foster care facility, as defined in Iowa
Code section 237.1, or in an unlicensed
relative foster care placement. District of residence of an individual living
in a foster care facility and financial responsibility for special education
and related services are determined pursuant to paragraph
41.907(5)"a."
e.
"Children living in a treatment facility " are individuals requiring special
education who are living in a facility providing residential treatment as
defined in Iowa Code section
125.2. District of residence of
an individual living in a treatment facility and financial responsibility for
special education and related services are determined pursuant to paragraph
41.907(5)"b."
f.
"Children placed by the district court " are pupils requiring special education
for whom parental rights have been terminated and who have been placed in a
facility or home by a district court. Financial responsibility for special
education and related services of individuals placed by the district court is
determined pursuant to subrule 41.907(6).
(13)
Severely disabled .
"Severely disabled " is an adjective applied to individuals with any severe
disability including individuals who are profoundly, multiply
disabled.
(14)
Signature . "Signature " has the meaning given the term in Iowa
Code section 4.1(39).
(15)
Systematic progress
monitoring . "Systematic progress monitoring " means a systematic
procedure for collecting and displaying an individual's performance over time
for the purpose of making educational decisions.
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