- assistive technology device
means any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a child with a disability.
- assistive technology service
means any service that directly assists a child with a disability in the selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive technology device.
- at-risk infant or toddler
means an individual under 3 years of age who would be at risk of experiencing a substantial developmental delay if early intervention services were not provided to the individual.
- blind or other persons with print disabilities
means children served under this chapter and who may qualify in accordance with the Act entitled “An Act to provide books for the adult blind”, approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a;
- child with a disability
means a child—
- controlled substance
means a drug or other substance identified under schedule I, II, III, IV, or V in section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)).
- council
means a State interagency coordinating council established under section 1441 of this title.
- early intervention services
means developmental services that—
- elementary school
means a nonprofit institutional day or residential school, including a public elementary charter school, that provides elementary education, as determined under State law.
- eligible entity
has the meaning given the term in section 1461(b) of this title.
- equipment
includes—
- excess costs
means those costs that are in excess of the average annual per-student expenditure in a local educational agency during the preceding school year for an elementary school or secondary school student, as may be appropriate, and which shall be computed after deducting—
- free appropriate public education
means special education and related services that—
- freely associated States
means the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
- homeless children
has the meaning given the term “homeless children and youths” in section 11434a of title 42.
- IEP
means a written statement for each child with a disability that is developed, reviewed, and revised in accordance with this section and that includes—
- illegal drug
means a controlled substance but does not include a controlled substance that is legally possessed or used under the supervision of a licensed health-care professional or that is legally possessed or used under any other authority under that Act [21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.] or under any other provision of Federal law.
- Indian
means an individual who is a member of an Indian tribe.
- Indian tribe
means any Federal or State Indian tribe, band, rancheria, pueblo, colony, or community, including any Alaska Native village or regional village corporation (as defined in or established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)).
- individualized family service plan
has the meaning given the term in section 1436 of this title.
- infant or toddler with a disability
has the meaning given the term in section 1432 of this title.
- limited English proficient
has the meaning given the term “English learner” in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 [20 U.S.C. 7801].
- local educational agency
includes a charter school that is a local educational agency, or a consortium of local educational agencies.
- local parent organization
means a parent organization, as defined in section 1471(a)(2) of this title, that—
- low incidence disability
means—
- National Instructional Materials Access Center
means the center established pursuant to section 1474(e) of this title.
- National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard
has the meaning given the term in section 1474(e)(3)(A) of this title.
- natural transition points
means those periods that are close in time to the transition of a child with a disability from preschool to elementary grades, from elementary grades to middle or junior high school grades, from middle or junior high school grades to secondary school grades, and from secondary school grades to post-secondary activities, but in no case a period longer than 3 years.
- outlying area
means the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- parent
means—
- parent organization
has the meaning given the term in section 1471(g) of this title.
- parent training and information center
means a center assisted under section 1471 or 1472 of this title.
- personnel
means special education teachers, regular education teachers, principals, administrators, related services personnel, paraprofessionals, and early intervention personnel serving infants, toddlers, preschoolers, or children with disabilities, except where a particular category of personnel, such as related services personnel, is identified.
- print instructional materials
means printed textbooks and related printed core materials that are written and published primarily for use in elementary school and secondary school instruction and are required by a State educational agency or local educational agency for use by students in the classroom.
- related services
means transportation, and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services (including speech-language pathology and audiology services, interpreting services, psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation, including therapeutic recreation, social work services, school nurse services designed to enable a child with a disability to receive a free appropriate public education as described in the individualized education program of the child, counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling, orientation and mobility services, and medical services, except that such medical services shall be for diagnostic and evaluation purposes only) as may be required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education, and includes the early identification and assessment of disabling conditions in children.
- secondary school
means a nonprofit institutional day or residential school, including a public secondary charter school, that provides secondary education, as determined under State law, except that it does not include any education beyond grade 12.
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Education.
- serious bodily injury
has the meaning given the term “serious bodily injury” under paragraph (3) of subsection (h) of section 1365 of title 18.
- special education
means specially designed instruction, at no cost to parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability, including—
- specialized formats
has the meaning given the term in section 1474(e)(3)(D) of this title.
- specific learning disability
means a disorder in 1 or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which disorder may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations.
- State
means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
- State educational agency
means the State board of education or other agency or officer primarily responsible for the State supervision of public elementary schools and secondary schools, or, if there is no such officer or agency, an officer or agency designated by the Governor or by State law.
- supplementary aids and services
means aids, services, and other supports that are provided in regular education classes or other education-related settings to enable children with disabilities to be educated with nondisabled children to the maximum extent appropriate in accordance with section 1412(a)(5) of this title.
- transition services
means a coordinated set of activities for a child with a disability that—
- universal design
has the meaning given the term in section 3002 of title 29.
- ward of the State
means a child who, as determined by the State where the child resides, is a foster child, is a ward of the State, or is in the custody of a public child welfare agency.
- weapon
has the meaning given the term “dangerous weapon” under section 930(g)(2) of title 18.