R277-751-2. Definitions

  (1)(a) "Extended school year" or "ESY" means an extension of the school district or charter school traditional school year to provide special education and related services to a student with a disability, in accordance with the student's IEP, and at no cost to the student's parents.

  (b) ESY services shall meet the standards of Part B of the IDEA and Board special education rules.

  (2) "ESY services" means the individualized education program provided by the school to a student with a disability during the ESY.

  (3) "FAPE" means a free appropriate public education, which:

  (a) includes special education and related services that are provided at public expense, under public supervision and direction, and without charge;

  (b) meets the standards of the Board and Part B of the IDEA;

  (c) includes preschool, elementary school, secondary school, and may include post-secondary education in Utah; and

  (d) is provided in conformity with an IEP that meets the requirements of Part B of the IDEA and Board special education rules.

  (4) "IEP team" means a group of individuals that is responsible for developing, reviewing, and revising an IEP for a student with a disability.

  (5) "LEA" includes, for the purposes of this rule, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.

  (6)(a) "Procedural safeguards" means the procedural rights designed to protect the rights of students with disabilities and their parents.

  (b) "Procedural safeguards are defined in IDEA and Board special education rules, and include a parent's right to:

  (i) participate in meetings;

  (ii) review educational records;

  (iii) request an independent educational evaluation;

  (iv) receive written prior notice of actions proposed or refused by an LEA; and

  (v) consent to evaluations and special education services.

  (c) "Procedural safeguards" also include dispute resolution options.

  (7) "Recoupment means recover of basic behavioral or academic patterns, or both, or skills, specified in an IEP, to a level demonstrated prior to the interruption of educational programming.

  (8) "Regression" means reversion to a lower level of functioning, evidenced by a decrease in the level of basic behavioral or academic patterns, or both, or skills, specified in an IEP, which occurs as a result of an interruption in educational programming.

  (9) "Student with a disability" means a student who meets eligibility criteria for special education and related services, as defined in the Board special education rules.