Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-17.1
For the purpose of this chapter, the indicated terms are defined as follows:
"Alternative receiving district" means a district to which a parent/guardian petitions for the open enrollment of a pupil from a receiving district. An alternative receiving district could be the district of residence of the parents/guardians.
"Attendance center" means a public school building that contains classrooms used for instructional purposes for elementary, middle, or secondary school students.
"Court-ordered desegregation plan" means a decree, judgment, or order entered by a court in response to a case or controversy alleging the district engaged in unlawful segregation. A desegregation plan is not "court-ordered" merely because a school district seeks approval of a voluntarily developed desegregation plan.
"Department" means the department of education.
"Director" means the director of the department or the director's designee.
"Open enrollment" is the procedure allowing a parent/guardian to enroll one or more pupils in a public school district other than the district of residence at no tuition cost to the parent.
"Receiving district" is the public school district in which a parent/guardian desires to have the pupil enrolled or the district accepting the application for enrollment of a pupil under the provisions of Iowa Code section 282.18.
"Resident district" is the district of residence for school purposes of the parent/guardian and the district in which an open enrollment pupil will be counted for the purpose of generating state aid regardless of the district in which the pupil is enrolled.
"Sending district" is synonymous with the term resident district.
"Sibling" means a child residing primarily in the same household as the child for whom an open enrollment request is filed and who is related by adoption, blood or marriage to the child for whom an open enrollment request is filed. "Sibling" also includes a foster child who is placed in the same household as the child for whom an open enrollment request is filed.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-17.1