Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 97 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-97.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions
				  apply:
"Actual enrollment"
means the enrollment
				  determined pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  257.6(1)
"a."
"Career academy"
means a program of study as
				  defined in 281-Chapter 46. A course offered by a career academy does not
				  qualify as a regional academy course. A career academy course may qualify as a
				  concurrent enrollment course if it meets the provisions of Iowa Code section
				  261E.8.
"Class"
means a course for academic credit
				  that applies toward a high school or community college diploma.
"Department"
means the Iowa department of
				  education.
"Enrolled"
means that a student has
				  registered with the school district and is taking part in the educational
				  program.
"Fraction of a school year"
means the
				  product of the minutes per day of class multiplied by the number of days per
				  year the class meets divided by the product of the total number of minutes in a
				  school day multiplied by the total number of days in a school year. All minutes
				  available in a normal day will be used in the calculation.
"ICN"
means the Iowa Communications
				  Network.
"Political subdivision"
means a political
				  subdivision in the state of Iowa and includes a city, a township, a county, a
				  public school district, a community college, an area education agency, or an
				  institution governed by the state board of regents (Iowa State University,
				  University of Iowa, and University of Northern Iowa).
"Project lead the way"
means the nonprofit
				  organization with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status that provides rigorous and
				  innovative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education
				  curriculum founded in fundamental problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
				  while integrating national academic and technical learning standards.
"Regional academy"
means an educational
				  program established by a school district to which multiple school districts
				  send students in grades 7 through 12. The curriculum will include
				  advanced-level courses and, in addition, may include career-technical courses,
				  Internet-based courses, and coursework delivered via the ICN. Regional academy
				  courses do not qualify as concurrent enrollment courses and do not generate any
				  postsecondary credit. School districts participating in regional academies are
				  eligible for supplementary weighting as provided in Iowa Code section
				  257.11(2).
"Superintendent"
means the same as defined
				  in Iowa Code section 256.145(15).
"Supplant"
means the community college's
				  offering a course that consists of substantially the same concepts and skills
				  as the content of a course provided by the school district or accredited
				  nonpublic school or the community college's offering a course that is required
				  by the school district or accredited nonpublic school in order to meet the
				  minimum accreditation standards in Iowa Code section
				  256.11. If a student is unable
				  to earn credit in both courses, then the two courses would be deemed similar
				  enough in content and skills to be defined as supplanting.
"Supplementary weighting plan"
means a plan
				  as defined in this chapter to add a weighting for each eligible Iowa resident
				  student who is enrolled in an eligible class taught by a teacher employed by
				  another school district or taught by a teacher employed jointly with another
				  school district or sent to and enrolled in an eligible class in another school
				  district or sent to and enrolled in an eligible community college class. The
				  supplementary weighting for each eligible class is calculated by multiplying
				  the fraction of a school year that class represents by the number of eligible
				  Iowa resident students enrolled in that class and then multiplying that figure
				  by the weighting factor established in Iowa Code chapter 257.
"Teacher"
means the same as defined in Iowa
				  Code section 256.145(16).