Authenticated PDF VersionThe following words and terms, when used in this regulation, have the following meaning:
"Charter School" means a public school that is operated under a charter granted by, or transferred to, the Delaware Department of Education or other authorizing body pursuant to 14 Del.C. Ch. 5.
"Homeschool" means a nonpublic school pursuant to 14 Del.C. §2703A.
"Local Education Agency" or "LEA" means a reorganized traditional school district, vocational-technical school district, or charter school, legally constituted and established under Delaware law for either administrative control or direction of public elementary or secondary schools.
"Magnet School" means a physical plant having any or all of grades kindergarten through twelve, supported primarily from public funds and under the supervision of public school administrators. It exists under a designation granted by a reorganized school district.
"Nonpublic School" means a private school or home school pursuant to 14 Del.C. §2703A.
"Private School" means a school having any or all of grades kindergarten through twelve, operating under a board of trustees and maintaining a faculty and plant which are properly supervised.
"Public School" means a physical plant having any or all grades kindergarten through twelve, supported primarily from public funds and under the supervision of public school administrators.
"Reorganized School District" means a clearly defined geographic subdivision of the state organized for the purposes of administering public education pursuant to 14 Del.C. Ch. 10.
"School District" means a reorganized school district or a vocational-technical school district or both depending upon the context in which the term is used.
"Vocational-Technical School District" means a subdivision of the state, the boundaries of which are co-extensive with the boundaries of the county in which it is located, organized for the purposes of administering vocational and technical education pursuant to 14 Del.C. Ch. 10.
