Alaska Administrative Code › Title 4 - Education and Early Development › Chapter 06 - Government of Schools › Article 7 - School and District Accountability › 4 AAC 06.899 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In
				  4 AAC 06.800 -
				  4 AAC 06.899, unless the context requires
				  otherwise.
(1) "African-American"
				means a person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of
				Africa;
(2) "Alaska Native" means a
				person having origins in any of the Alaska Native Tribes in Alaska
(3) "American Indian" means a person having
				origins in any of the aboriginal peoples of North and South America, including
				Central America, and who maintains cultural identification through tribal
				affiliation or community recognition; "American Indian" does not include an
				Alaska Native;
(4) "Asian or
				Pacific Islander" means a person having origins in any of the original peoples
				of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific
				Islands;
(5) "economically
				disadvantaged students" means a student who is eligible for free or
				reduced-price school meals under the department's
Alaska Income
				Eligibility Guidelines for Free and Reduced Meals;
(6) repealed 2/5/2017;
(7) "Hispanic" means a person who traces the
				person's origin or descent to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South
				America, and other Spanish cultures, regardless of race;
(8) "migrant status" means a migratory child
				as defined in 20 U.S.C.
				6399(3).
(9) "parent" means a biological, adoptive, or
				foster parent, or an adult who acts as a guardian of a child and makes
				decisions related to the child's safety, education, and welfare;
(10) repealed 10/16/2013.
(11) "statewide student assessment system" or
				"state assessments" means the assessments described in
				4 AAC 06.710;
(12) "student with a disability" has the
				meaning given "child with a disability" in
				AS
				14.30.350; "student with a disability"
				includes all students who are under or eligible for an individualized education
				program under
				AS
				14.30.278;
(13) "English learner" has the meaning given
				in 4 AAC 34.090; "English learner"
				includes students who are currently served or eligible to be served under
				4 AAC 34.055;
(14) "White" means a person having origins in
				any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle
				East;
(15) repealed
				10/3/2011;
(16) "emigre" means a
				student formerly enrolled in the school for whom the school has written
				documentation that the student is no longer enrolled because the student
				emigrated to another country;
(17)
				"students of two or more races" means students who primarily identify their
				heritage with more than one of the subgroups "African-Americans," "Alaska
				Natives," "American Indians," "Asians or Pacific Islanders," or "Whites";
(18) "Alaska school performance
				system " means the system described in
				4 AAC 06.812;
(19) "desk audit" means a review of student
				learning data at the school or district, including consultation with the
				superintendent of the district in which the school is located;
(20) "instructional audit" means a review of
				the instructional policies, practices, and methodologies of the district or one
				or more schools within the district; an instructional audit may include a
				review of the district's or school's
(A)
				curriculum, including whether the curriculum is aligned with the state's
				standards and grade level expectations adopted in
				4 AAC 04.140;
(B) assessment policy and practice;
(C) instruction;
(D) school learning environment;
(E) professional development policy and
				practices; and
(F) leadership;