Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part XVI - Standards › Chapter 403 - COMPLIANCE WITH THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT OF 2001 › Section 403.2 - 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:
AYP
-Adequate yearly progress as defined by
				  section 1111(b)(2)(C) of Title I (
				  20 U.S.C.A. §
										6311(b)(2)(C) ), added by
				  NCLB.
Associate's degree
-Associate's degree as
				  described in §
									31.21(b)(1)
				  (relating to curricula).
Core academic subjects
-Core academic
				  subjects as defined by section 9101(11) of the ESEA (
				  20 U.S.C.A. §
										7801(11) (relating to
				  definitions)), as amended by the NCLB.
Dangerous incident
-A weapons possession
				  incident resulting in arrest (guns, knives or other weapons) or a violent
				  incident resulting in arrest (homicide, kidnapping, robbery, sexual offenses
				  and assault) as reported on the Violence and Weapons Possession Report
				  (PDE-360).
Department
-The Department of Education of
				  the Commonwealth.
ESEA
-The Elementary and Secondary Education
				  Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C.A. §§
										6301 -
				  7941 ), as amended by the
				  NCLB.
Highly qualified elementary teacher
-Highly
				  qualified elementary teacher as defined by section 9101(23) of the ESEA (
				  20 U.S.C.A. §
										7801(23) ), as amended by
				  the NCLB.
Highly qualified middle or secondary
				  teacher
-Highly qualified middle or secondary teacher as defined by
				  section 9101(23) of the ESEA as amended by the NCLB.
Institution of higher education
-Institution
				  of higher education as defined by section 9101(24) of the ESEA.
LEA
-A local educational agency.
NCLB
-The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
				  (Pub. L. No.
				  107-110, 115 Stat. 1425) (
				  20 U.S.C.A. §§
										6053e,
				  6054b,
				  6055h,
				  6056a,
				  1041 -
				  1044,
				  3427 and
				  6052.
PSSA
-The Pennsylvania System of State
				  Assessment.
Persistently dangerous school
-A public
				  elementary, secondary or charter school that meets one of the following
				  criteria in the most recent school year and in 1 additional year of the 2 years
				  prior to the most recent school year:
(i) For a school whose enrollment is 250 or
				less, at least five dangerous incidents.
(ii) For a school whose enrollment is 251 to
				1,000, a number of dangerous incidents that represents at least 2% of the
				school's enrollment.
(iii) For a
				school whose enrollment is over 1,000, 20 or more dangerous
				incidents.
Public School Code
-The Public School Code of
				  1949 (24 P. S. §§
										1-101-27-2702).
Safe public school
-A public school that has
				  not been designated as a persistently dangerous school under this chapter or
				  that has had that designation removed by the Department.
State Board
-The State Board of Education of
				  the Commonwealth.
Title I
-Title I of the ESEA (
				  20 U.S.C.A. §§
										6301 -
				  6578 ), as amended by the
				  NCLB.
Two years of study at an institution of higher
				  education
-Completion of 48 credits at an institution of higher
				  education.
Victim
or
student
				  victim
-The student against whom a violent criminal offense has been
				  perpetrated while the student was in or on the grounds of the public elementary
				  or secondary school that the student attends.
Violent criminal offense
-Any of the
				  following offenses that are set forth in 18 Pa.C.S. (relating to Crimes
				  Code):
(i) Kidnapping.
(ii) Robbery.
(iii) Aggravated assault (on the
				student).
(iv) Rape.
(v) Involuntary deviate sexual
				intercourse.
(vi) Sexual
				assault.
(vii) Aggravated indecent
				assault.
(viii) Indecent
				assault.
(ix) Attempt to commit any
				of the following: homicide, murder or voluntary
				manslaughter.