R277-438-2. Definitions

  (1) "Co-curricular activity" means a school district or school activity, course, or experience, outside of school hours, that also includes a required regular school day component.

  (2) "Dual enrollment student" means a student who is enrolled simultaneously in:

  (a) a private school or home school; and

  (b) a public school.

  (3) "Eligibility" means a student's fitness and availability to participate in a school course, activity, or program governed by this rule that is determined by a number of factors, including:

  (a) residency;

  (b) scholarship;

  (c) age; and

  (d) the number of semesters of participation in a particular course, activity, or program.

  (4) "Full-time student" means a student earning the school district designated number and type of credits required for participation in a course, activity, or program in the school district in which the student's parent resides.

  (5) "Home school" means a school in the state comprised of one or more students officially excused from compulsory public school attendance under Section 53G-6-204.

  (6) "Private school" means a school in the state that:

  (a) is maintained by a private individual or corporation;

  (b) is maintained and operated not at public expense;

  (c) is generally supported, in part at least, by tuition fees or charges;

  (d) operates as a substitute for, and gives the equivalent of, instruction required in a public school;

  (e) employs a teacher able to provide the same quality of education as a public school teacher;

  (f) is established to operate indefinitely and independently, not dependent upon age of the students available or upon individual family situations; and

  (g) is licensed as a business by the Department of Commerce.

  (7)(a) "Resident school" means a public school:

  (i) that is under the control of a local school board elected under Title 20A, Chapter 14, Nomination and Election of State and Local School Boards; and

  (ii) within whose boundaries a student's custodial parent resides.

  (b) "Resident school" does not mean a charter school or online school.

  (8) "Student participation fee" means a fee charged to all participating students by the resident school for enrollment in a course, program, or co-curricular school activity consistent with Rule R277-407.