Terms Used In Idaho Code > Title 33 > Chapter 34 - Idaho Bureau of Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind Act of 2009

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Blind or visually impaired: means impacted by an impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child’s educational performance. See Idaho Code 33-3402
• board: means the board of directors of the Idaho bureau of educational services for the deaf and the blind as such board is established in section 33-3404, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 33-3402
• Bureau: means the Idaho bureau of educational services for the deaf and the blind as created in section 33-3403, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 33-3402
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Deaf or hard of hearing: means impacted by a loss of hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance, or impacted by a hearing loss that is so severe that the child is not able to process linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. See Idaho Code 33-3402
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Idaho school for the deaf and the blind: means the campus program used to provide residential and day campus instruction and services to deaf or hard of hearing and/or blind or visually impaired students. See Idaho Code 33-3402
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;