For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions
apply:
"Actual enrollment" means the enrollment
determined pursuant to Iowa Code section
257.6(1)
"a."
"Career academy" means a program of study as
defined in 281-Chapter 46. A course offered by a career academy does not
qualify as a regional academy course. A career academy course may qualify as a
concurrent enrollment course if it meets the provisions of Iowa Code section
261E.8.
"Class" means a course for academic credit
that applies toward a high school or community college diploma.
"Department" means the Iowa department of
education.
"Enrolled" means that a student has
registered with the school district and is taking part in the educational
program.
"Fraction of a school year" means the
product of the minutes per day of class multiplied by the number of days per
year the class meets divided by the product of the total number of minutes in a
school day multiplied by the total number of days in a school year. All minutes
available in a normal day will be used in the calculation.
"ICN" means the Iowa Communications
Network.
"Political subdivision" means a political
subdivision in the state of Iowa and includes a city, a township, a county, a
public school district, a community college, an area education agency, or an
institution governed by the state board of regents (Iowa State University,
University of Iowa, and University of Northern Iowa).
"Project lead the way" means the nonprofit
organization with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status that provides rigorous and
innovative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education
curriculum founded in fundamental problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
while integrating national academic and technical learning standards.
"Regional academy" means an educational
program established by a school district to which multiple school districts
send students in grades 7 through 12. The curriculum will include
advanced-level courses and, in addition, may include career-technical courses,
Internet-based courses, and coursework delivered via the ICN. Regional academy
courses do not qualify as concurrent enrollment courses and do not generate any
postsecondary credit. School districts participating in regional academies are
eligible for supplementary weighting as provided in Iowa Code section
257.11(2).
"Superintendent" means the same as defined
in Iowa Code section 256.145(15).
"Supplant" means the community college's
offering a course that consists of substantially the same concepts and skills
as the content of a course provided by the school district or accredited
nonpublic school or the community college's offering a course that is required
by the school district or accredited nonpublic school in order to meet the
minimum accreditation standards in Iowa Code section
256.11. If a student is unable
to earn credit in both courses, then the two courses would be deemed similar
enough in content and skills to be defined as supplanting.
"Supplementary weighting plan" means a plan
as defined in this chapter to add a weighting for each eligible Iowa resident
student who is enrolled in an eligible class taught by a teacher employed by
another school district or taught by a teacher employed jointly with another
school district or sent to and enrolled in an eligible class in another school
district or sent to and enrolled in an eligible community college class. The
supplementary weighting for each eligible class is calculated by multiplying
the fraction of a school year that class represents by the number of eligible
Iowa resident students enrolled in that class and then multiplying that figure
by the weighting factor established in Iowa Code chapter 257.
"Teacher" means the same as defined in Iowa
Code section 256.145(16).
Notes
Iowa Admin. Code r.
281-97.1
Amended by
IAB
June 11, 2014/Volume XXXVI, Number 25, effective
5/15/2014.
Amended by
IAB
September 3, 2014/Volume XXXVII, Number 5, effective
10/8/2014
Amended by
IAB
February 13, 2019/Volume XLI, Number 17, effective
3/20/2019
Amended by
IAB
December 18, 2019/Volume XLII, Number 13, effective
1/22/2020
Adopted by
IAB
April 17, 2024/Volume XLVI, Number 21, effective
5/22/2024
