92 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 14, § 002 - Definitions

As used in this Chapter:

002.01 Board

Board means the State Board of Education.

002.02 Commissioner

Commissioner means the State Commissioner of Education.

002.03 Core Curriculum

Core 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.

002.04 Course

Course 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.

002.05 Department

Department means the State Department of Education, which is comprised of the Board and the Commissioner.

002.06 Elementary Grades

Elementary Grades means those grades designated by the school system as elementary, but not to include any above grade eight.

002.07 Governing Body

Governing 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 owner

002.08 High School Grades

High 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.

002.09 Instructional Unit

Instructional 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.

002.10 Middle Grades

Middle 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.

002.11 School

School means an individual attendance center within a school system which provides either elementary, middle, secondary, or high school education.

002.12 School System

School 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.

002.13 Secondary Grades

Secondary Grades means those grades designated by the school system as secondary, but not to include any below grade seven.

002.14 Teach

Teach as defined in Section 79-101 R.R.S., means and includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities: The organization and management of the classroom or the physical area in which the learning experiences of pupils take place; the assessment and diagnosis of the individual educational needs of the pupils; the planning, selection, organizing, prescribing, and directing of the learning experiences of pupils; the planning of teaching strategies and the selection of available materials and equipment to be used; and the evaluation and reporting of student progress.

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92 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 14, § 002