DEFINITIONS

002 DEFINITIONS 002.01 Appeals Process means a procedure for a student or a parent, or guardian to request a review of an identification, placement, or service decision on which there is a disagreement. 002.02 Assessment Tool means a measure used to ascertain evidence of potential and/or demonstrated ability. Tools should include varying measurements aligned with the operational definition of High Ability Learner. 002.03 Combination of school districts means two or more school districts acting together or an educational service unit acting on behalf of two or more school districts. 002.04 Department means the Nebraska Department of Education. 002.05 Exit Procedure means a systematic process used to determine whether a student is no longer benefitting from high ability eligibility and should be released from the identification. 002.06 High Ability Services means a continuum of academic and affective instructional approaches, settings, and staffing selected for the delivery of appropriate services to support the needs of individual learners with high ability. 002.07 Learner with High Ability has the same meaning as in Neb. Rev. Stat. 79-1107. 002.08 Local Norms means comparing student performance on standardized assessments with grade-level peers in the same local context (i.e. school building, district, etc.). 002.09 Matching Funds means funds a school district or a combination of school districts uses to fund an approved accelerated or differentiated curriculum program from sources other than the appropriation distributed pursuant to the provisions of section 006 of this chapter. 002.10 Multiple Criteria means the use of three (3) or more varied assessment tools in the identification of learners with high ability. 002.11 National Norms means the use of standardized tests to compare the scores of students with a common national standard defined by the performance of a representative national sample of students of the same age or in the same grade. 002.12 State Norms means comparing student performance on standardized assessments with a common state standard defined by the performance of a representative state sample of students of the same age or in the same grade. 002.13 Portability means that an identification as a learner with high ability by a Nebraska school district is a part of a student's permanent record, and such identification makes the student eligible for high ability services in all Nebraska school districts regardless of transfers or relocations. 002.14 Regular Curriculum means a standards-based sequence of planned learning that enables a student to master the knowledge and skills of the student's current grade level. 002.15 School District means a local system as defined in Neb. Rev. Stat. 79-1003. 002.16 School Fiscal Year means the fiscal year of a school district as defined in Neb. Rev. Stat. 79-1091. 002.17 Twice-Exceptional means a student who is: 002.17(A) Identified as a learner with high ability pursuant to this Rule; and 002.17(B) A child with a disability pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. 79-1117 or a qualified student with a disability pursuant to section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 794, or Title II of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. 12131 to 12165.