42 U.S.C. § 1784 : US Code - Section 1784: Definitions

Search 42 U.S.C. § 1784 : US Code - Section 1784: Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter -
(1) "State" means any of the fifty States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands.
(2) "State educational agency" means, as the State legislature
may determine, (A) the chief State school officer (such as the
State superintendent of public instruction, commissioner of
education, or similar officer), or (B) a board of education
controlling the State department of education.
(3) "School" means (A) any public or nonprofit private school
of high school grade or under, including kindergarten and
preschool programs operated by such school, and (B) any public or
licensed nonprofit private residential child care institution
(including, but not limited to, orphanages and homes for the
mentally retarded, but excluding Job Corps Centers funded by the
Department of Labor). For purposes of clauses (A) and (B) of this
paragraph, the term "nonprofit", when applied to any such private
school or institution, means any such school or institution which
is exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of title 26.
(4) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(5) "School year" means the annual period from July 1 through
June 30.
(6) Except as used in section 1786 of this title, the terms
"child" and "children" as used in this chapter, shall be deemed
to include persons regardless of age who are determined by the
State educational agency, in accordance with regulations
prescribed by the Secretary, to have 1 or more disabilities and
who are attending any nonresidential public or nonprofit private
school of high school grade or under for the purpose of
participating in a school program established for individuals
with disabilities.
(7) Disability. - The term "disability" has the meaning given
the term in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 for purposes of title
II of that Act (29 U.S.C 760 et seq.).