Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 227 - GIFTED EDUCATION › Section 227.5 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Accelerated placement" means the placement of a child
				in an educational setting with curriculum that is usually reserved for children
				who are older or in higher grades than the child.
(Section 14A-17 of
				the School Code) Accelerated placement includes, but is not limited to, early
				entrance to kindergarten or first grade, single subject acceleration and grade
				acceleration.
Accelerated placement is not limited to those children
				who have been identified as gifted and talented, but rather is open to all
				children who demonstrate high ability and who may benefit from accelerated
				placement.
(Section 14A-32 of the School Code)
"Early entrance to kindergarten" means the admission of a
				student to kindergarten who:
is assessed for and meets the admitting school district's
				readiness standards to attend school and will not yet be 5 years old by
				September 1 of that school year; and
will not yet be 5 years old by September 1 of that year, or,
for school districts operating on a year-round basis, will not yet be 5
				years old within 30 days after the commencement of that school term.
(Section 10-20.12 of the School Code)
"Early entrance to first grade" is the admission of a student
				to first grade who is assessed for and meets the admitting school district's
				readiness standards to attend school. Such a student may, but is not required
				to, have attended a nonpublic preschool and continued his or her education at
				that school through kindergarten and been taught in kindergarten by an
				appropriately certified teacher. Students who are younger than 6 upon starting
				first grade but who were admitted early to kindergarten do not need to be
				reevaluated prior to admission to first grade.
"Individual subject acceleration" means the practice of
				assigning a student to a specific content area at a higher instructional level
				than is typical given the student's grade for the purpose of providing access
				to appropriately challenging learning opportunities in one or more subject
				areas.
"Multiple persons" as used in Section 14A-32(a)(2) of the
				School Code includes, but is not limited to, the student's parent or guardian,
				current teachers, district gifted coordinator or gifted education specialist,
				guidance counselor, principal, and school psychologist.
"Multiple referrers" as used in Section 14A-32(b)(2) of the
				School Code includes, but is not limited to, the student's parents or guardian,
				current teachers, district gifted coordinator or gifted education specialist,
				guidance counselor, principal, and school psychologist. Multiple referrers does
				not mean more than one person has to refer the student to begin the assessment
				process.
"School Code" means 105 ILCS 5.
"Whole grade acceleration" means the practice of assigning a
				student to a higher grade level than is typical given the student's age on a
				full-time basis for the purpose of providing access to appropriately
				challenging learning opportunities.