Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 8 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Subtitle 2 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - PUBLIC SCHOOL › Chapter 51 - PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN WHO ARE GIFTED AND TALENTED › Section 8-51-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter:
"Appropriate educational opportunity"
means department approved programs as described in A State Plan for Providing
					 Appropriate Educational Opportunities for the Gifted and Talented, department
					 of education, September 1977, and the Hawaii State Guidelines and Procedures
					 for Gifted and Talented Education, department of education, June 1982.
"Consent"
means the parent approves of the
					 proposed program for the gifted or talented student after:
(1) The parent has been provided information relevant to
					 the educational program for which the consent is sought, including a
					 description of that option; and
(2) The parent is informed that parental consent is
					 required before placement is made.
"Creative ability"
means capacity of a
					 student to engage consistently in divergent thinking and unique productivity,
					 or conceptualization at high levels.
"Days"
means department workdays.
"Department"
means the department of
					 education, State of Hawaii.
"Gifted students"
means students with test
					 scores or performances substantially and consistently above average and who
					 also meet other multiple identification and selection criteria of the
					 school.
"Identification"
means those procedures
					 that are designed to systematically screen and select students.
"Intellectual ability"
means ability to
					 perform or accomplish cognitive operations at two standard deviations above the
					 norm as measured on a department approved standardized ability test or other
					 evaluation measures.
"Leadership capability"
means ability
					 evident in those students who manifest a natural propensity to assume
					 leadership roles in group activities.
"Parent"
or
"Parents"
means the natural or legal parent, guardian, custodian, or a person acting as a
					 parent of a child such as a grandparent or stepparent.
"Performing or visual arts ability"
means
					 ability evident in students who, as compared to their age-mates, demonstrate
					 exceptional skill or potential in areas such as art, dance, music, drama, or
					 speech.
"Potential for superior achievement"
means
					 present or latent superior ability as determined by analysis of test scores,
					 performance or other means of identification.
"Program" or "Programs"
means appropriate
					 educational options which are provided to a gifted or talented student in
					 accordance with the school's plan.
"Psychomotor ability"
means aptitude
					 displayed through body movements with demonstrated high ability or attainment
					 in either gross or fine manipulative activities such as athletic, dance or
					 mechanical skills.
"Specific academic ability"
means ability
					 exhibited by students whose academic potential or academic performance in one
					 or two specific curricular areas, such as mathematics or languages, exceeds
					 what is normally expected of students, such as functioning at two standard
					 deviations above the mean on department approved achievement tests.
"Student"
means a person subject to the
					 State's compulsory school attendance law and who is enrolled in and attending a
					 public school administered by the department.
"Superior achievement"
means student
					 achievement which is consistent and substantially above average as measured by
					 standardized test scores or performances as judged by professionals and experts
					 in their fields.
"Talented students"
means students who
					 meet the school's multiple identification and selection criteria largely based
					 on the students' products or performance.