Section Ed 1102.04 - Definitions N-R(a) "National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC) means the center established pursuant to 34 CFR 300.172.(b) "National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard" (NIMAS) means the standards defined in 34 CFR 300.172.(c) "Native language" means "native language" as defined in 20 U.S.C. 7011(11).(d) "New Hampshire Special Education Information System" (NHSEIS) means a computer-based special education database and retrieval system that confidentially maintains personally identifiable data used for program development, monitoring, compliance, and reporting to the state board of education, the New Hampshire legislative bodies, and the U.S. Department of Education.(e) "Neutral conference" means "neutral conference" as defined in RSA 186-C:23-b.(f) "Nonacademic services" means those services and activities set forth in 34 CFR 300.117.(g) "Paraprofessional personnel" means personnel who do not meet the requirements of 34 CFR 300.156, and who work only under the direct supervision of qualified personnel.(h) "Parent" means a biological or adoptive parent, surrogate parent, or a guardian pursuant to 34 CFR 300.30.Parent does not mean the state when the state has legal guardianship.(i) "Personally identifiable" means "personally identifiable" as defined in 34 CFR 300.32.(j) "Preschoolers" means children 3 years of age or older but less than 6 years of age who have not been enrolled in public kindergarten.(k) "Private provider of special education" means a private or non-district special education program that provides the educational component of a child's IEP and is subject to program approval under Ed 1114. Private provider of special education does not mean a chartered public school or a public academy.(l) "Private school" means any school that meets the provisions of a non-public school as defined in Ed 401.01(c) and is not a chartered public school.(m) "Professional licensed to provide a health evaluation" means anyone who, under their specific licensing, is qualified to provide a health evaluation. This may include, but is not limited to: a school nurse, a registered nurse, physician, psychiatrist, and naturopathic doctors.(n) "Public academy" means a public academy as defined in RSA 194:23, II.(o) "Public agency" means "public agency" as defined in 34 CFR 300.33.(p) Public expense means that the public agency either pays for the full cost of the evaluation or ensures that the evaluation is otherwise provided at no cost to the parent, consistent with 34 CFR 300.103.(q) "Qualified examiner" means a person licensed or certified in the state in which the evaluation is performed, who performs a formal diagnostic assessment in the area of disability in which the person is qualified to perform the assessment as set forth Ed 1107.04, Qualified Examiners.(r) "Receiving district" means "receiving district" as defined in RSA 193:27,V.(s) "Related services" means "related services" as defined in 34CFR 300.34(a).(t) "Response to scientific, research-based intervention" (RTI) means the process by which individual student instruction and student academic performance is evaluated using research based models of instruction prior to identifying a child with a learning disability as detailed in Ed 1107.02.N.H. Admin. Code § Ed 1102.04
(see Revision Note at chapter heading for Ed 1100) #9197, eff 6-28-08
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