Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 8 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Subtitle 2 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - PUBLIC SCHOOL › Chapter 27 - TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS › Section 8-27-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates
					 otherwise:
"A mile or more" or any other terra of distance shall be
					 measured by the shortest walking distance between the closest public access to
					 the student's residence to the closest accessible area of the school or the
					 student's bus stop, as measured by the department.
"Assistant superintendent" means the assistant
					 superintendent of the office of facilities and operations.
"A student with physical and/or health problems" means a
					 student with a temporary (ten or more school days) condition who, because of
					 the condition, is unable to walk to school as determined by the
					 department;
"Board" means the board of education.
"Bus pass" means a current pass used by all bus riders when
					 riding the school bus.
"Charter school" means a public school holding a charter to
					 operate as a charter school under chapter
					 302D, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
					 including start-up and conversion charter schools, that have the flexibility to
					 implement alternative frameworks with regard to curriculum, facilities
					 management, instructional approach, length of the school day, week, or year,
					 and personnel management,
"Curb-to-curb transportation" means transportation services
					 provided to students who are not able to utilize regular modes of
					 transportation whose pick-up shall be from the closest public access to the
					 student's residence.
"Department" means the department of education.
"Elementary" means grades kindergarten through 5.
"Family" means a unit living together under one roof
					 including the father, mother, brothers, or sisters, adopted siblings, either
					 legally or by custom, and the grandparents of the student.
''Fare" means the amount the student pays to ride the
					 school bus each way between home and school.
"Geographic exception" has the same meaning as defined in
					 section
					 8-13-2.
"Homeless" means a student who is eligible under the
					 "McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001".
"Home school" has the same meaning as defined in section
					 8-13-2.
"Individualized Education Program" or "lEP" means a written
					 statement for a student with a disability that is developed, reviewed, and
					 revised in accordance with sections 8-60-44 through 8-60-48.
"Mileage transportation reimbursement" means payment which
					 may be made by the department to reimburse parents, guardians, or designees for
					 mileage costs of providing transportation for students who qualify for fixed
					 route transportation or to parents, guardians, or designees of students with
					 disabilities who are eligible for transportation as a related service.
"Public school attendance area" means the area encompassed
					 by boundaries established by the department within which the public school is
					 situated, and is the designated school that students residing in that area must
					 attend.
"Redistricting" means a redefining of a school attendance
					 area.
"Related service" or "related aids and service" means
					 transportation and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive
					 services as are required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from
					 special education and the general education curriculum.
"School of origin" means the school that a student eligible
					 under the "McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of
					 2001" was attending when permanently housed, or the school in which a student
					 eligible under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements
					 Act of 2001" was last enrolled.
"Secondary" means grades 6 through 12.
"Section 504 " means Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
					 of 1973, as amended. [Eff 08/20/09] (Auth: HRS §
										302A-1112) (Imp: HRS §
										302A-1112)
"Student" means any student who is attending public school
					 classes in grades kindergarten to twelve, operated by the department.
"Student with a disability" has the same definition as
					 "student with a disability" under § 8-60-2.
"Subsidy" means a sum of money granted by the department
					 to assist parents and guardians with the student fare portion of the price of
					 home-school-home transportation services.