206-14 Wyo. Code R. § 14-4

Current through April 27, 2019

Section 14-4 - Definitions

(a) "Allowable education costs" are those for educational services provided directly to the court placed student as part of an organized educational curriculum designed to achieve educational objectives that are specific, identifiable, measurable. Those services are to be provided by appropriately certified staff in an educational setting during regularly scheduled hours.

(b) "Approved program" means an education program that meets the standards established by the Wyoming Department of Education and accepted by the Wyoming State Board of Education.

(c) "Board" means the Wyoming State Board of Education.

(d) "Board of Cooperative Educational Services" (BOCES) means institutions established and operated pursuant to W.S. 21-20-101 through 21-20-109 and W.S. W.S. W.S. 21-20-111 that provide educational services to children with disabilities.

(e) "Child" means a school-aged student.

(f) "Children with disabilities" refers to students with one or more of the following disabilities or other disability as defined by federal regulations and Wyoming Department of Education Chapter 7 governing services for children with disabilities.

(i) Autistic disability.

(ii) Deaf disability.

(iii) Deaf-blind disability.

(iv) Developmental disability.

(v) Emotional disability.

(vi) Health disability.

(vii) Hearing disability.

(viii) Learning disability.

(ix) Mental disability.

(x) Orthopedic disability.

(xi) Speech/language disability.

(xii) Traumatic brain injury.

(xiii) Visual disability.

(g) "Compliance" means demonstrated effort to adhere to the intent of applicable education program standards.

(h) "Court" means the juvenile and district court.

(i) "Department" means the Wyoming Department of Education.

(j) "Education program" means the course of study and other educational opportunities provided to students court placed in care.

(k) External education program" means an education program operated by a local public school that provides equal access to students in private residential treatment facilities, group homes or BOCES.

(l) "External educational service" means the services provided by a public school or private agency apart from private residential treatment facilities or BOCES.

(m) "Individual Education Plan" (IEP) means a written plan for a child with a disability(ies) that has been developed in accordance with federal and state laws and related rules and regulations. The IEP states the necessary special education and related services within an approved education program including, but not limited to, the frequency of service, the minutes per week of service, and the duration of service.

(n) "On-grounds education program" means an education program operated by a private residential treatment facility or BOCES.

(o) "Private residential treatment facility" means any nonpublic facility licensed or approved under appropriate state law to provide residential care for students.

(p) "Related services" means transportation, and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services as may be required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education. (This does not include a medical device that is surgically implanted, or the replacement of such device.) Services include, but are not limited to:

(i) Assistive technology services;

(ii) Counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling;

(iii) Early identification and assessment of disabling conditions in students;

(iv) Interpreting services;

(v) Medical services for diagnostic and evaluation purposes only;

(vi) Orientation and mobility services;

(vii) Parent counseling and training;

(viii) Physical and occupational therapy;

(ix) Psychological services;

(x) Recreation, including therapeutic recreation;

(xi) School nurse services as described in the student's individual education plan;

(xii) Social work services;

(xiii) Speech-language pathology and audiology services; and

(xiv) Transition services.

(q) "School district of residence" means the public school district designated as the student's school district of residence by the court as provided for in W.S. W.S. W.S. 21-13-315(h).

(r) "School-aged" means a court placed student who is at least six (6) years of age but under eighteen (18) years of age as prescribed in W.S. W.S. W.S. 21-13-315(k) unless the student is a child with a disability(ies) and under the age of twenty-one (21) as prescribed in W.S. W.S. W.S. 21-4-301.

(s) "Structures" means buildings in which an education program is provided.

(t) "Student" means a school-aged student with a Wyoming school district of residence.

(u) "Transition services" means a coordinated set of activities for a student that:

(i) Is designed to be within a results-oriented process, that is focused on improving the academic and functional achievement of a student to facilitate the student's movement from school to a residential treatment facility and back to the school or other court ordered placement;

(ii) Is based on the individual student's needs taking into account the student's strengths, preferences, and interests; and

(iii) Includes instruction, related services, community experiences, the development of employment and other post-school adult living objectives, and, when appropriate, acquisition of daily living skills and functional vocational evaluation.

206-14 Wyo. Code R. § 14-4