Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 92 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Chapter 89 - REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR THE EDUCATION INNOVATION FUND PROGRAM-DISTANCE EDUCATION EQUIPMENT REIMBURSEMENT AND INCENTIVES › Section 92-89-002 - Definitions

Current through June 17, 2024
As used in this Chapter:
002.01 Annual curriculum reports
Annual curriculum reports shall mean the reports submitted to
				  the Department by school districts as NDE form 02-015 under the authority of
				  sections
				  79-302
				  and
				  79-318(5)
				   R.R.S.
002.02 Board
Board shall mean the State Board of Education.
002.03 Commissioner
Commissioner shall mean the State Commissioner of
				  Education.
002.04
				Commissioner
Commissioner shall mean the Distance Education Council
				  created pursuant to section
				  79-1333
				  R.R.S.
002.05 Course
Course shall mean a particular subject, subject area, or
				  defined sequence of learning experiences with one or more students enrolled and
				  in attendance. Department shall mean the State Department of Education, which
				  is comprised of the Board and the Commissioner.
002.07 Distance education course
Distance education course shall mean a course with at least
				  one student in any of grades kindergarten through twelve who is in a different
				  location than the teacher and taught by a teacher employed by an educational
				  entity either utilizing two-way interactive video or the Internet without
				  two-way interactive video. Distance education course includes a dual-enrollment
				  course with at least one student who is in a different location than the
				  teacher and taught by a teacher employed by an educational entity utilizing
				  either two-way interactive video or the Internet without two-way interactive
				  video.
002.08 Distance
				education course received
Distance education course received shall mean a course as
				  defined by section 002.07 of this Chapter that has at least one student
				  enrolled and participating in the course.
002.09 Distance Education Equipment
Distance Education Equipment shall mean the basic distance
				  education hardware (e.g. video displays, video and document cameras, audio
				  input/output devices, codecs, routers, switches and instructor equipment (e.g.
				  computer, associated printer, system control), console, and ancillary items
				  (e.g. cables, connectors, and echo canceller) that are on location at the
				  school site to capture, display, and transport and route audio and video data
				  over Network Nebraska.
002.10 Educational entity
Educational entity shall mean a school district, a private,
				  denominational, or parochial school approved or accredited under 92 NAC 10, or
				  92 NAC 14, an educational service unit, a community college, a state college,
				  the University of Nebraska, or a nonprofit private postsecondary educational
				  institution.
002.11 Fiscal
				year
Fiscal year shall mean a period that shall commence on July 1
				  in each year and end on June 30 in each year.
002.12 Fund
Fund shall mean the Education Innovation Fund created
				  pursuant to section
				  9-812
				  R.R.S.
002.13 Hardware
Hardware shall mean the physical part of a computer,
				  including the digital circuitry, as distinguished from the computer software
				  that executes within the hardware, video displays, video and document cameras,
				  audio input/output devices, codecs (e.g. hardware and software for coding and
				  decoding information), routers, switches and instructor equipment (e.g.
				  computer, associated printer, system control), console, and ancillary items
				  (e.g. cables, connectors, and echo canceller) that are on location at the
				  school site to capture, display, transport and route audio and video data over
				  Network Nebraska.
002.14
				High school building
High school building shall mean any school district building
				  housing instructional programs for grades seven through twelve, nine through
				  twelve, or ten through twelve.
002.15 Installation charges or costs
Installation charges or costs shall mean the fees for the
				  placing, affixing, or attaching of the equipment as well as the initial,
				  one-time connection charges.
002.16 Network Nebraska
Network Nebraska shall mean the network created pursuant to
				  86-5,100 R.R.S.
002.17 NITC
NITC shall mean the Nebraska Information Technology
				  Commission created pursuant to section
				  86-515
				  R.R.S.
002.18 Qualified
				distance education course
Qualified distance education course shall mean a distance
				  education course meeting the requirements of 92 NAC 10, which is offered for
				  one semester of high school credit or the equivalent, and for which all of the
				  participating educational entities are required to have access to Network
				  Nebraska and which:
002.18A provides
				instruction for a particular subject, subject area, or defined sequence of
				learning experiences scheduled during the school day with a certificated
				teacher assigned and with one or more students enrolled and in attendance.
002.18A1 For the purposes of this section,
				one semester of high school credit shall mean five or more instructional units,
				and
002.18A2 Instructional unit
				shall mean 15 clock hours (900 minutes) of classroom instruction in a course
				offered in the secondary school. As an example, a one semester course which
				meets for 50 minutes a day for 90 days generates 5 instructional units.
				Instructional units are computed to the nearest one-tenth.