Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.38 - Other Definitions Used in This Chapter

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The following terms apply to this chapter:
(1)
Area education agency.
"Area education agency" or "AEA" is a political subdivision of the state
				organized pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 273.
(2)
Board.
"Board" means the
				Iowa state board of education.
(3)
Community partners.
"Community partners" means local providers
				of signatory agencies, as well as other public or private community programs or
				agencies, including Early Head Start, child care providers, early childhood
				Iowa areas, and health programs, that work with Early ACCESS, as described in
				rule 281-120.803 ( 34CFR303
				).
(4)
Department.
"Department" means the Iowa department of education.
(5)
Director of education.
"Director of education" means the director of the Iowa department of
				education.
(6)
Early
				childhood Iowa area.
"Early childhood Iowa area" means a partnership
				in a local community with broad representation to lead collaborative efforts
				involving education, health, and human services programs and services on behalf
				of children, families and other citizens residing in the local community's
				geographic area. An early childhood Iowa area mobilizes individuals and their
				communities to achieve desired results in order to improve the well-being and
				quality of life for families with young children from birth through the age of
				five years.
(7)
Early
				childhood special education.
"Early childhood special education" or
				"ECSE" means special education and related services under Part B of the Act for
				those individuals with disabilities younger than the age of six.
(8)
Eligible child.
"Eligible child" is a synonym for "infant or toddler with a disability," as
				defined in rule 281-120.21 ( 34CFR303
				).
(9)
Family.
"Family" means the persons who are primarily responsible for the care and
				nurturing in a child's daily life, including biological or adoptive parents,
				grandparents, guardians, persons acting as parents, siblings, stepparents, or
				unmarried partners of parents.
(10)
GEPA.
"GEPA" is an acronym for the General Education
				Provisions Act.
(11)
Grantee.
"Grantee" means a recipient of funds under Part C of
				the Act or state funds designated for Early ACCESS that has the fiscal and
				legal obligation to ensure that the Early ACCESS system is implemented
				regionally. The term "grantee" shall not be construed in a manner that
				conflicts with the Act.
(12)
Individualized family service plan team.
"Individualized
				family service plan team" or "IFSP team" includes the members described in
				subrule 120.343(1).
(13)
Informed clinical opinion.
"Informed clinical opinion" means
				the integration of the results of evaluations, direct observations in various
				settings, and varied activities with the experience, knowledge, and skills of
				qualified personnel.
(14)
School year.
"School year" means the period during which
				students who are 3 years of age through 21 years of age attend
				school.
(15)
Signatory
				agency.
"Signatory agency" means the department of education, the
				department of health and human services, and the child health specialty
				clinics.
(16)
Signature.
"Signature" has the meaning given the term in Iowa
				Code section 4.1(39).