Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 72-3421

• Gifted children: means exceptional children who are determined to be within the gifted category of exceptionality as such category is defined by the state board. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
• IEP: means a written statement for each exceptional child that is developed, reviewed, and revised in accordance with the provisions of Kan. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
• Parent: means :

  (1) A natural parent;

  (2) an adoptive parent;

  (3) a person acting as parent;

  (4) a legal guardian;

  (5) an education advocate; or

  (6) a foster parent, if the foster parent has been appointed the education advocate of an exceptional child. 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