Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part I - State Board of Education › Subpart A - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 16 - SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR GIFTED STUDENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 16.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Agency
-An intermediate unit, school
						district, area vocational technical school, State-operated program or facility,
						or other public or private organization providing educational services to
						gifted students or students thought to be gifted.
Chapter 4
-The State Board of Education
						regulations as adopted under statutory authority in the School Code.
Educational placement
-The overall
						educational environment in which gifted education is provided to a gifted
						student.
GIEP
-Gifted Individualized Education
						Plan.
GMDT
-Gifted Multidisciplinary
						Team.
Gifted education
-Specially designed
						instruction to meet the needs of a gifted student that is:
(i) Conducted in an instructional
					 setting.
(ii) Provided in an
					 instructional or skill area.
(iii)
					 Provided at no cost to the parents.
(iv) Provided under the authority of a school
					 district, directly, by referral or by contract.
(v) Provided by an agency.
(vi) Individualized to meet the educational
					 needs of the student.
(vii)
					 Reasonably calculated to yield meaningful educational benefit and student
					 progress.
(viii) Provided in
					 conformity with a GIEP.
Gifted Multidisciplinary Evaluation
-A
						systematic process of testing, assessment, and other evaluative processes used
						by a team to develop a recommendation about whether or not a student is gifted
						or needs gifted education.
Gifted student
-
(i) A student who is exceptional under
					 section 1371 of the School Code (24 P. S. §
												13-1371) because the student meets the
					 definition of "mentally gifted" in this section, and needs specially designed
					 instruction beyond that required in Chapter 4 (relating to academic standards
					 and assessment).
(ii) The term
					 applies only to students who are of "school age" as defined under § 11.12
					 (relating to school age).
Instructional setting
-A classroom or
						other setting in which gifted students are receiving gifted education.
Mentally gifted
-Outstanding intellectual
						and creative ability the development of which requires specially designed
						programs or support services, or both, not ordinarily provided in the regular
						education program.
Parents
-A natural or adoptive parent or
						parents, a guardian or guardians, one or more persons acting as the parent or
						parents of a student.
Party
-Parent or school district.
Regular classroom
-A specific
						instructional grouping within the regular education environment.
Regular education environment
-The
						regular classroom and other instructional settings in which students without a
						need for gifted education receive instructional programs and the full range of
						supportive services normally provided to these children.
School Code
-The Public School Code of
						1949 (24 P. S. §§
												1-101-27-2702).
School day
-A day in which school is in
						session.
Screening and evaluation process
-The
						systematic determination of whether or not a student is gifted or needs gifted
						education.
Specially designed
						instruction
-Adaptations or modifications to the general curriculum,
						instruction, instructional environments, methods, materials or a specialized
						curriculum for students who are gifted.
Support services
-Services as required
						under §
											16.33 (relating to support
						services) to assist a gifted student to benefit from gifted education. Examples
						of the term include:
(i) Psychological
					 services.
(ii) Parent counseling
					 and education.
(iii) Counseling
					 services.
(iv) Transportation to
					 and from gifted programs to classrooms in buildings operated by the school
					 district.
The provisions of this §
													16.1 amended under sections 1372
						  and 2603-B of the Public School Code of 1949 (24 P. S. §§
														13-1372 and
						  26-2603-B).
This section cited in 22 Pa. Code §
													16.22 (relating to gifted
						  multidisciplinary evaluation).