R277-417-2. Definitions

  (1)(a) "Disbursement" means the payment of money or provision of other item of value greater than $10, per school year, offered as payment or compensation to a student or to a parent or guardian for:

  (i) a student's enrollment in an LEA; or

  (ii) a student's participation in an LEA's program.

  (b) "Disbursement" does not include a reimbursement paid by an LEA to a student, parent or guardian, for an expenditure incurred by the student, parent or guardian on behalf of the LEA if:

  (i) the expenditure is for an item that will be the property of the LEA; and

  (ii) the expenditure was preauthorized by the LEA, as evidenced by preauthorization documentation.

  (2) "Educational good or service" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53E-3-401.

  (3) "Incentive" means one of the following given to a student or to the student's parent or guardian by an LEA or by a third party provider as a condition of the student's enrollment in an LEA or specific program for any length of time, during any school year:

  (a) money greater than $10; or

  (b) an item of value greater than $10.

  (4) "Program" means a program within a school that is designed to accomplish a predetermined curricular objective or set of objectives.

  (5) "Section 504 accommodation plan" required by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, means a plan designed to accommodate an individual who has been determined, as a result of an evaluation, to have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.

  (6) "Third party provider" means a third party who provides an educational good or service on behalf of an LEA.