Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 72-3413

• Board: means the board of education of any school district. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
• Children with disabilities: means children who:

  (1) Have an intellectual disability, hearing loss including deafness, speech or language disorders, visual impairments including blindness, emotional disability, orthopedic impairments, autism, dyslexia, traumatic brain injury, other health impairments, or specific learning disabilities and who, by reason thereof, need special education and related services; and

  (2) are experiencing one or more developmental delays and, by reason thereof, need special education and related services if such children are ages three through nine. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Exceptional children: means persons who are children with disabilities or gifted children and are school age, to be determined in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the state board, whose age may differ from the ages of children required to attend school under the provisions of Kan. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
• Federal law: means the individuals with disabilities education act, as amended. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
• Related services: means transportation, and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services, including speech-language pathology and audiology services, interpreting services, psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation, including therapeutic recreation, social work services, school nurse services designed to enable a child with a disability to receive a free appropriate public education as described in the child's IEP, counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling, orientation and mobility services, and medical services, except that such medical services shall be for diagnostic and evaluation purposes only, as may be required to assist an exceptional child to benefit from special education, and includes the early identification and assessment of disabling conditions in children. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
• Special education: means specially designed instruction provided at no cost to parents to meet the unique needs of an exceptional child, including:

  (1) Instruction conducted in the classroom, in the home, in hospitals and institutions, and in other settings; and

  (2) instruction in physical education. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404

• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• State board: means the state board of education. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
• State institution: means any institution under the jurisdiction of a state agency. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404