14 Del. Admin. Code § 1009-1.0
The following words and terms, when used in this regulation, shall have the following meaning:
"Administrative Head of School" means the chief or head individual in charge of the school traditionally referred to or generally known as the principal or headmaster.
"Attendance Zone" means the geographical area set by law or the governing body of a public school that entitles a student to attend a certain public school.
"Board" means the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Directors established pursuant to 14 Del.C. Chapter 3.
"Competition" means an event, contest, Scrimmage, or Play Day in which students or school teams compete either to determine a winner or for practice purposes.
"Department" means the Delaware Department of Education.
"Guardian" or "Legal Guardian" means an individual who legally has responsibility for the care and management of the student during the student's minority. The relationship is a legal one and must be created by a court order signed by a judge, commissioner, or master of a court of competent jurisdiction.
"Individualized Education Program" or "IEP" means a written statement for a child with a disability as defined in 14 DE Admin. Code 922.
"Legally in attendance" means present at school as determined by a pre-established written policy adopted by the local school board or governing body of the school.
"Member School" means a full or associate member school of the DIAA.
"Play Day" means a preseason event involving a series of Scrimmages held during the legal practice period for that sport season involving multiple Member Schools.
"Principal" or "Headmaster" means the Administrative Head of School and includes but is not limited to Head of School, Administrator, Executive Director, or Charter Head.
"Relative Caregiver" means an adult who, by blood, marriage or adoption, is the child's great grandparent, grandparent, step grandparent, great aunt, aunt, step aunt, great uncle, uncle, step uncle, step parent, brother, sister, step brother, step sister, half brother, half sister, niece, nephew, first cousin or first cousin once removed but who does not have legal custody or legal guardianship of the student.
"School day" or "School days" means actual school attendance days during the regular academic school year including a partial day that students are in attendance at school for instructional purposes as adopted by the district or governing body of the school not to include weekends, holidays, summer school, etc.
"Scrimmage" means an informal competition between schools in which a final score is not kept, the time periods are permitted to be modified, the results of the competition are not reported to the media, the coaches are permitted to interrupt the play to provide instruction, and the competition is strictly for practice purposes.
"State Board" means the State Board of Education pursuant to 14 Del.C. § 104.
"Student With a Disability" means a "child with a disability" as that term is defined in 14 DE Admin. Code 922 or a qualified person with a disability under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
"Superintendent" means the chief school officer of a school district.
"Unified Athlete" means a student with autism or a mild, moderate, or severe intellectual disability as defined in Section 3.0 of 14 DE Admin. Code 922 who is enrolled at a DIAA Member School.
"Unified Partner" means a student who is not identified as a Unified Athlete, is enrolled at a DIAA Member School, and does not appear on any school eligibility report submitted to DIAA for a non-Unified school team in the same sport.
"Unified Sports" means a co-ed program that combines an approximately equal number of students with and without autism or intellectual disabilities on a sports team for training and interscholastic competition.
14 Del. Admin. Code § 1009-1.0
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19 DE Reg. 745 (2/1/2016)
21 DE Reg. 719 (3/1/2018)
22 DE Reg. 398 (11/1/2018)
24 DE Reg. 540 (12/1/2020)
26 DE Reg. 185 (9/1/2022) (Final)