281—97.1(257) Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions apply.
“Actual enrollment” shall mean the enrollment determined annually on October 1, or the first Monday in October if October 1 falls on a Saturday or Sunday, pursuant to Iowa Code section 257.6.
“Career academy” shall mean a program of study as defined in 281—Chapter 47. A course offered by a career academy shall not qualify as a regional academy course. A career academy course may qualify as a concurrent enrollment course if it meets the requirements of Iowa Code section 261E.8.
“Class” shall mean a course for academic credit which applies toward a high school or community college diploma.
“Enrolled” shall mean that a student has registered with the school district and is taking part in the educational program.
“Fraction of a school year” shall mean the product of the minutes per day of class multiplied by the number of days per year the class meets divided by the product of the total number of minutes in a school day multiplied by the total number of days in a school year. All minutes available in a normal day shall be used in the calculation.
“ICN” shall mean the Iowa Communications Network.
“Political subdivision” shall mean a political subdivision in the state of Iowa and shall include a city, a township, a county, a public school district, a community college, an area education agency, or an institution governed by the state board of regents (Iowa School for the Deaf, Iowa State University, University of Iowa, and University of Northern Iowa).
“Project lead the way” means the nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status that provides rigorous and innovative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education curriculum founded in fundamental problem-solving and critical-thinking skills while integrating national academic and technical learning standards.
“Regional academy” shall mean an educational program established by a school district to which multiple school districts send students in grades 7 through 12. The curriculum shall include advanced-level courses and, in addition, may include career-technical courses, Internet-based courses, and coursework delivered via the ICN. Regional academy courses shall not qualify as concurrent enrollment courses and do not generate any postsecondary credit. School districts participating in regional academies are eligible for supplementary weighting as provided in Iowa Code section 257.11, subsection 2.
“Superintendent” shall be defined pursuant to Iowa Code section 272.1.
“Supplant” shall mean the community college’s offering a course that consists of substantially the same concepts and skills as the content of a course provided by the school district or the community college’s offering a course that is required by the school district in order to meet the minimum accreditation standards in Iowa Code section 256.11. If a student is unable to earn credit in both courses, then the two courses would be deemed similar enough in content and skills to be defined as supplanting.
“Supplementary weighting plan” shall mean a plan as defined in this chapter to add a weighting for each resident student eligible who is enrolled in an eligible class taught by a teacher employed by another school district or taught by a teacher employed jointly with another school district or sent to and enrolled in an eligible class in another school district or sent to and enrolled in an eligible community college class. The supplementary weighting for each eligible class shall be calculated by multiplying the fraction of a school year that class represents by the number of eligible resident students enrolled in that class and then multiplying that figure by the weighting factor established in Iowa Code chapter 257.
“Supplementary weighting plan for at-risk students” shall mean a plan as defined in this chapter to add a weighting for each resident student enrolled in the district and a weighting for the percentage of pupils enrolled in grades one through six, as reported by the school district on the basic educational data survey for the base year, who are eligible for free and reduced price meals under the federal National School Lunch Act and the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. Sections 1751-1769j, multiplied by the budget enrollment in the school district to generate funding to be used to develop or maintain at-risk programs, alternative programs and alternative school programs, and returning dropout and dropout prevention programs approved pursuant to Iowa Code section 257.40.
“Teacher” shall be defined pursuant to Iowa Code section 272.1.
[ARC 8188B, IAB 10/7/09, effective 11/11/09; ARC 0014C, IAB 2/22/12, effective 3/28/12 (See Delay note at end of chapter); ARC 0520C, IAB 12/12/12, effective 1/16/13; ARC 1486C, IAB 6/11/14, effective 5/15/14; ARC 1596C, IAB 9/3/14, effective 10/8/14; ARC 4297C, IAB 2/13/19, effective 3/20/19]