Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part I - State Board of Education › Subpart A - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 10 - SAFE SCHOOLS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 10.2 - 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:
Charter school
-A charter school or cyber
						charter school as defined in section 1703-A of the Charter School Law
						(24
						P. S. §
												17-1703-A).
Chief school administrator
-The
						superintendent of a public school district, executive director of an area
						vocational-technical school, executive director of an intermediate unit or
						chief executive officer of a charter school.
IEP
-Individualized education
						program.
Incident
-An instance involving one or
						more of the following:
(i) An act of
					 violence.
(ii) The possession of a
					 weapon by a person.
(iii) The
					 possession, use or sale of a controlled substance or drug paraphernalia as
					 defined in section 2 of The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act
					 (35
					 P. S. §
												780-102).
(iv) The possession, use or sale of alcohol
					 or tobacco by a person on school property.
(v) Conduct that constitutes an offense under
					 section 1303-A(b)(4.1 ) or (4.2 ) of the Safe Schools Act (24 P. S. §
												13-1303-A(b)(4.1 ) and (4.2)).
Local police department
-A police
						department having jurisdiction over school property of the school
						entity.
Memorandum of understanding
-A
						confirmation of mutually agreed upon terms between two or more parties in the
						form of a document mutually agreed to by a school entity and a local police
						department as required under section 1303-A(c) of the Safe Schools Act.
Positive behavior support plan
-A plan
						for a student with a disability or eligible young child who requires specific
						intervention to address behavior that interferes with learning. A plan is
						developed by the IEP team, based on a functional behavior assessment and
						becomes part of the individual eligible young child's or student's IEP. A plan
						includes methods that utilize positive reinforcement and other positive
						techniques to shape a student's or eligible young child's behavior ranging from
						the use of positive verbal statements as a reward for good behavior to specific
						tangible rewards. See §§
											14.133 and
						711.46 (relating to positive
						behavior support).
Protected handicapped student
-A student
						who meets the definition of "protected handicapped student" under §
											15.2 (relating to definitions),
						including a protected handicapped student attending a charter school, or for
						whom an evaluation is pending.
Safe Schools Act
-Article XIII-A of the
						School Code (24 P. S. §§
												13-1301-A-13-1313-A).
School-based diversion program
-A program
						that, in partnership with other stakeholders, diverts youth out of the juvenile
						justice system. A program may include a youth aid panel in which a panel of
						community members decides an appropriate resolution to hold a student
						accountable for the student's actions by, among other options, requiring the
						student to complete educational activities, community service, restitution and
						any other related program or service.
School Code
-The Public School Code of
						1949 (24 P. S. §§
												1-101-27-2702).
School entity
-A public school district,
						intermediate unit, area vocational-technical school or charter school.
School-wide positive behavior support
-A
						school-wide, evidence-based and data-driven approach to improving school
						behavior that seeks to reduce unnecessary student disciplinary actions and
						promotes a climate of greater productivity, safety and learning.
Student with a disability
-A student who
						meets the definition of "student with a disability" under §
											14.101 (relating to definitions),
						the definition of "child with a disability" under §
											711.1 (relating to definitions) or
						for whom an evaluation is pending.