Section 92-14-002 - DefinitionsAs used in this Chapter:
002.01Board means the State Board of Education.002.02Commissioner means the State Commissioner of Education.002.03Core Curriculum means a curriculum which includes language arts, social science, science, mathematics, career and technical education, world languages, visual and performing arts, and personal health and physical education.002.04Course means a particular subject, subject area, or defined sequence of learning experiences scheduled during the school day with a certificated teacher assigned and with one or more students enrolled and in attendance.002.05Department means the State Department of Education, which is comprised of the Board and the Commissioner.002.06Elementary Grades means those grades designated by the school system as elementary, but not to include any above grade eight.002.07Governing Body means a board elected or appointed to provide direction to a nonpublic school or to a nonpublic school system, or an individual or corporate owner002.08High School Grades means grades 9 through 12 in a school system organized with a four-year high school and grades 10 through 12 in a school system organized with a three-year high school. Schools organized as a three-year high school may include the ninth grade in determining compliance with this Chapter.002.09Instructional Unit means 15 clock hours (900 minutes) of classroom instruction in a course offered in the secondary school. As an example, a course which meets for 50 minutes a day for 180 days generates 10 instructional units. Instructional units should be computed to the nearest one-tenth.002.10Middle Grades means grades designated by the school system as middle and may include any grades from four through nine. The middle grades typically include at least grades seven and eight. Common middle grade configurations are grades six through eight or grades seven through nine.002.11School means an individual attendance center within a school system which provides either elementary, middle, secondary, or high school education.002.12School System means a school or group of schools under a governing body organized to provide education in elementary, middle, secondary, or high school grades as provided in this Chapter.002.13Secondary Grades means those grades designated by the school system as secondary, but not to include any below grade seven.002.14Teach has the same meaning as in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-101.92 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 14, § 002
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