Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 37 - Glossary › Section CXV-3703 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Academically-Able Student
-a student who is
				  functioning at grade level as determined by the local school system. For
				  special education students identified in accordance with
Bulletin
				  1508-Pupil Appraisal Handbook
, the IEP committee shall determine the
				  student's eligibility to receive foreign language instruction, provided the
				  student is performing at grade level.
Academic Endorsement
-recognition for high
				  school graduates who meet requirements listed in
				  §2318 which are above the requirements
				  of a standard diploma.
Accommodation
-any technique that alters the
				  academic setting or environment. An
accommodation
generally
				  does not change the information or amount of information learned. It enables
				  students to show more accurately what they actually know.
Activity Class
-any class such as band,
				  theatre, or chorus for which a large class size is acceptable due to the nature
				  of the instruction.
Adapted Physical Education
-specially
				  designed physical education for those exceptional students for whom significant
				  deficits in the psychomotor domain have been identified according to
Bulletin 1508-Pupil Appraisal Handbook
, and who, if
				  school-aged, are unable to participate in regular physical education programs
				  on a full-time basis.
Adult Education
-instruction below the
				  college level for adults who have not been awarded a regular high school
				  diploma and who are not currently required to be enrolled in school.
Advanced Placement Program
-the
Advanced Placement Program
of the College Board gives students
				  the opportunity to pursue college-level studies while still in secondary school
				  and to receive advanced placement and/or credit upon entering college.
Alternative School/Program
-an educational
				  school/program that deviates from the standards stated in Bulletin 741 in order
				  to meet the specific needs of a particular segment of students within the
				  community. There are two types of
alternative
				  schools/programs
:
1. alternative within regular education:
a. the curriculum addresses state standards; and
b. upon graduation, students earn a state-approved
				  diploma;
2. alternative to regular education:
a. the curriculum does not address state standards;
				  and
b. upon graduation, students do not earn a state-approved
				  high school diploma.
Alternative to Regular Placement
-placement
				  of students in programs that are not required to address BESE performance
				  standards.
Approved School
-a public or nonpublic
				  school that has an approval classification based upon a degree of compliance
				  with standards/regulations prescribed by BESE.
Area of Concentration-a coherent sequence of
				  courses
or field of study that prepares a student for a first job
				  and/or further education and training. It includes four sequential related
				  credits in a specific area plus two credits in a related field; one must be a
				  basic computer course.
Articulated Credit
-promotes a smooth
				  transition from secondary to postsecondary education. It serves as a vehicle
				  for high school students to earn postsecondary credit while enrolled in high
				  school or upon entering postsecondary study.
Assessment
-the act or process of gathering
				  data in order to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of a student
				  learning as by observation, testing, interviews, etc.
Attendance (Half-Day)
-a student is
				  considered to be in attendance for one-half day when he or she:
1. is physically present at a school site or is participating
				  in an authorized school activity; and
2. is under the supervision of authorized personnel for more
				  than 25 percent but more than half (26-50 percent) of the student's
				  instructional day.
Attendance (Whole-Day)
-a student is
				  considered to be in attendance for a whole day when he or she:
1. is physically present at a school site or is participating
				  in an authorized school activity; and
2. is under the supervision of authorized personnel for more
				  than 50 percent (51-100 percent) of the student's instructional day.
BESE Policy
-a comprehensive statement that
				  has been adopted by BESE pursuant to the APA process and that has the force and
				  effect of law to govern and to bring uniformity in education throughout
				  Louisiana
Board or BESE
-the state Board of Elementary
				  and Secondary Education.
Career Major
-a coherent sequence of courses
				  or field of study that prepares a student for a first job and/or further
				  education and training. It includes four sequential related credits in a
				  specific area plus two credits in a related field; one must be a basic computer
				  course.
Career Technical Endorsement
-an endorsement
				  beyond a regular diploma which has the purposes of enhancing a student's
				  junior/senior years and providing a credential for postsecondary work with
				  specific performance indicators that include industry-based certification
				  and/or articulated credit and work-based learning.
Class Size
-the maximum enrollment allowed
				  in a class or section.
Co-Curricular Activities
-those activities
				  that are relevant and supportive, that are an integral part of the program of
				  studies in which the student is enrolled, and that are under the supervision
				  and/or coordination of the school instructional staff.
Cooperative Education
-programs that provide
				  opportunities for career and technical education students to receive on-the-job
				  training and related classroom instruction in the areas of agriculture,
				  business, health, family and consumer science, marketing, and trade and
				  industrial education programs.
Credit Exam
-an examination for the purpose
				  of verifying a student has mastered a course taken under conditions that do
				  meet the requirements for awarding Carnegie credit, such as teacher
				  certification or time requirements.
Cultural Arts
-that subject area that
				  includes music, arts and crafts, and the fine arts.
Cumulative Record
-a current record of
				  academic, health, and other special types of information maintained for each
				  student throughout his progress in school.
Department or LDE
-the Louisiana Department
				  of Education.
Education Records
-
1. those records, files, documents, and other materials
				  which:
a. contain information directly related to a student;
				  and
b. are maintained by an educational agency or institution or
				  by a person acting for such agency or institution;
2. the term
education records
does not
				  include:
a. records of instructional, supervisory, and administrative
				  personnel and educational personnel ancillary thereto which are in the sole
				  possession of the maker thereof and which are not accessible or revealed to any
				  other person except a substitute;
b. records maintained by a law enforcement unit of the
				  educational agency or institution that were created by that law enforcement
				  unit for the purpose of law enforcement;
c. in the case of persons who are employed by an educational
				  agency or institution but who are not in attendance at such agency or
				  institution, records made and maintained in the normal course of business which
				  relate exclusively to such person in that person's capacity as an employee and
				  are not available for use for any other purpose; or
d. records on a student who is 18 years of age or older, or
				  is attending an institution of postsecondary education, which are made or
				  maintained by a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, or other recognized
				  professional or paraprofessional acting in his professional or paraprofessional
				  capacity, or assisting in that capacity, and which are made, maintained, or
				  used only in connection with the provision of treatment to the student, and are
				  not available to anyone other than persons providing such treatment, except
				  that such records can be personally reviewed by a physician or other
				  appropriate professional of the student's choice.
Elementary School
-a school composed of any
				  span of grades kindergarten through the eighth grade.
Evaluation
-the in-depth process of review,
				  examination, and interpretation of intervention efforts, test results,
				  interviews, observations, and other assessment information relative to
				  predetermined criteria.
Exceptional Child
-a child who is evaluated
				  in accordance with
Bulletin 1706 - Regulations for Implementation of
				  the Children with Exceptionalities Act
(R.S.
				  17:1941 et seq.) and who is determined
				  according to
Bulletin 1508 - Pupil Appraisal Handbook
, to have
				  an exceptionality that adversely affects educational performance to the extent
				  that special education is needed.
Extracurricular Activities
-those activities
				  which are not directly related to the program of studies, which are under the
				  supervision and/or coordination of the school instructional staff, and which
				  are considered valuable for the overall development of the student.
Fine Arts
-those arts produced or intended
				  primarily for beauty rather than utility, such as music, dance, drama, and the
				  visual arts (i.e., drawing, painting, sculpture).
Five-Year Educational Plan
-the plan
				  developed by each student by the end of the eighth grade with the input of
				  his/her family. The plan shall include a sequence of courses which is
				  consistent with the student's stated goals for one year after graduation. Each
				  student's
five-year educational plan
shall be reviewed
				  annually thereafter by the student, parents, and school advisor, and revised as
				  needed.
Face Covering
-a piece of material used to
				  cover both the nose and mouth for the purpose of forming a barrier to droplets
				  or airborne particles that are coughed, sneezed, or exhaled when talking. Face
				  coverings are meant to protect both the wearer of the face covering and
				  surrounding individuals.
Gifted
-children or youth who demonstrate
				  abilities that give evidence of high performance in academic and intellectual
				  aptitude.
Grade-Level Expectations (GLE)
-the concepts
				  and skills that students should master at the end of a grade or course.
Home bound Student
-a student who is
				  enrolled in regular education and who, as a result of healthcare treatment,
				  physical illness, accident, or the treatment thereof, is temporarily unable to
				  attend school, and who is provided instructional services in the home or
				  hospital environment.
Home Study Program (Approved)
-program in
				  which an approved curriculum can be implemented under the direction and control
				  of a parent or a tutor (i.e., court-appointed guardian under Louisiana
				  law).
High-Touch Surface
-surfaces that are touched
				  frequently, including but not limited to door handles, bathroom fixtures,
				  drinking fountains, railings, desks, and other surfaces in school facilities or
				  on school buses.
Individual Graduation Plan
-the plan
				  developed by each student by the end of the eighth grade with the input of
				  his/her family. The plan shall include a sequence of courses which is
				  consistent with the student's stated academic and career goals. Each student
				  individual graduation plan shall be reviewed annually thereafter by the
				  student, parents and/or legal custodian, and school advisor, and revised as
				  needed.
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
-a
				  written statement of specially designed instruction developed, reviewed and
				  revised by a group of qualified education personnel and the parent/guardian for
				  each student with an exceptionality in public schools.
Industry-Based Certification
-a portable
				  recognized credential (tangible evidence) that an individual has successfully
				  demonstrated skill competencies on a core set of content and performance
				  standards in a specific set of work related tasks, single occupational area, or
				  a cluster of related occupational areas.
Instructional Time
-shall include the
				  scheduled time within the regular school day devoted to teaching courses
				  outlined in the program of studies.
Instructional time
does
				  not include such things as recess, lunch, change of class time, and
				  parent-teacher conferences.
Internship
-student
internships
are situations where students work for an employer
				  for a specified period of time to learn about a particular industry or
				  occupation. Students' workplace activities may include special projects, a
				  sample of tasks from different jobs, or tasks from a single occupation. These
				  may or may not include financial compensation.
Language Arts
-a broad subject area which
				  includes reading, literature, speaking, listening, oral and written
				  composition, English grammar, and spelling. (Foreign language may be included
				  as part of the language arts program.)
Least Restrictive Environment
-the
				  educational placement of an exceptional child in a manner consistent with the
least restrictive environment
requirements in of
Bulletin 1706-Regulations for Implementation of the Children with
				  Exceptionalities Act
and
				  R.S.
				  17:1941 et seq.
Local Educational Agency (LEA)
-a public
				  board of education or other public authority legally constituted within the
				  state either to provide administrative control or direction of, or to perform a
				  service function for, public elementary or secondary schools in a city, parish
				  school district, or other political subdivision of the state. The term includes
				  an educational service agency and any other public institution or agency having
				  administrative control and direction of a public elementary or secondary
				  school, including a public charter school that is established as an LEA under
				  state law.
Locally Initiated Elective
-an elective
				  course developed and approved by an LEA according to the standards in
				  §2315 and reported to the LDE.
LDH
-the Louisiana Department of
				  Health.
Minimum Standards for Career/Technical
				  Education
-requirements that shall be met by local education governing
				  agencies to be eligible for reimbursement in vocational education
				  programs.
Modification
-any technique that alters the
				  work product in some way that makes it different from the work required of
				  other students in the same class. A
modification
generally
				  does change the work format or amount of work required of students. It
				  encourages and facilitates academic success.
Paraprofessional
-a person who is at least
				  18 years of age, possesses a certificate of good health signed by a physician,
				  possesses an appropriate permit, and assists in the delivery of special
				  educational services under the supervision of a special education teacher or
				  other professional who has the responsibility for the delivery of services to
				  exceptional children.
Paraprofessional Training Unit
-a setting
				  that may be used for the self-help training (toilet-training, dressing skills,
				  grooming skills, feeding skills, and pre-academic readiness activities) of
				  children with severe/profound disabilities or preschool children. A school-aged
				  unit may be comprised of no more than six paraprofessionals. A preschool unit
				  may be comprised of no more than four paraprofessionals. All units must be
				  supervised directly by a certified special education teacher. Each
				  paraprofessional must have a full quota of students (three) before an
				  additional paraprofessional can be added to the unit. A
paraprofessional training unit
must be approved by the Office
				  of Special Educational Services for the LDE in accordance with operational
				  standards established by BESE.
Pre-Kindergarten
- developmental programs
				  for children ages 3-4, the minimum age being three by September 30 of the
				  school year in which the student enters pre-kindergarten.
Principal
-in a school, the chief
				  administrative officer certified by the state Department of Education, except
				  in the case of special schools in which the superintendent may be designated as
				  the chief school administrator.
Procedures
-specific actions or steps
				  developed and required by the LDE to implement standards or regulations of
				  BESE.
Proficiency Exam
-an examination taken by a
				  student to demonstrate mastery of a course they have not taken.
Public School
-a school operated by publicly
				  elected or appointed school officials and supported primarily by public
				  funds.
Public School Governing Authority
-the city,
				  parish, charter, or other local public school board of any public elementary or
				  secondary school.
Public School System Accreditation
-an
				  accreditation classification, which is based upon the fifth-year, on-site
				  verification of the annual system and school reports, and which is granted by
				  the state Department of Education
Pupil Appraisal Personnel
-professional
				  personnel who meet the certification requirements for school personnel for such
				  positions and who are responsible for delivery of pupil appraisal services
				  included in
Bulletin 1706-Regulations for Implementation of the
				  Children with Exceptionalities Act
(R.S.
				  17:1941 et seq.) and
Bulletin
				  1508-Pupil Appraisal Handbook
.
School Building Level Committee
-a committee
				  of at least three school level staff members. It shall be comprised of at least
				  the principal/designee, a classroom teacher, and the referring teacher. It is
				  suggested that other persons be included, such as the school counselor, reading
				  specialist, master teacher, nurse, parents, pupil appraisal personnel, etc.
				  This committee is a decision-making group that meets on a scheduled basis to
				  solve problems or address concerns from teachers, parents, or other
				  professionals on individual students who are experiencing difficulty in school
				  because of academic and/or behavior problems. In most cases, for enrolled
				  students, it is only through the SBLC that a referral can be made to pupil
				  appraisal services for an individual evaluation.
Senior Project
-a project that provides high
				  school seniors with an opportunity to conduct in-depth research in an area of
				  interest, and to demonstrate problem-solving, decision-making, and independent
				  learning skills. The project consists of a research paper, a portfolio of
				  project activities, a product, and an oral presentation to a panel of teachers
				  and community leaders. During this process, the student is advised by a teacher
				  serving as a senior project advisor and a product mentor who has experience in
				  the student's field of study.
Special Education
-specially designed
				  instruction, at no cost to the parent, to meet the unique needs of the student
				  with an exceptionality.
Static Group
-a group whose composition of
				  students and adults does not change.
Talented
-children or youth who give
				  evidence of measurable abilities of unique talent in visual and/or performing
				  arts.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:6,
				  17:7,
				  17:439.1, and
				  17:3391.