200 Administration and Operations
Purpose
The purpose of this regulation is to define various types of schools and educational entities operating in the State of Delaware identified in Title 14 of the Delaware Code.
Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this regulation, have the following meaning:
" Charter School " means a public school that is operated under a charter granted by, or transferred to, the Delaware Department of Education or other authorizing body pursuant to 14 Del.C. Ch. 5 .
" Homeschool " means a nonpublic school pursuant to 14 Del.C. §2703A .
" Local Education Agency " or " LEA " means a reorganized traditional school district, vocational-technical school district, or charter school, legally constituted and established under Delaware law for either administrative control or direction of public elementary or secondary schools.
" Magnet School " means a physical plant having any or all of grades kindergarten through twelve, supported primarily from public funds and under the supervision of public school administrators. It exists under a designation granted by a reorganized school district.
" Nonpublic School " means a private school or home school pursuant to 14 Del.C. §2703A .
" Private School " means a school having any or all of grades kindergarten through twelve, operating under a board of trustees and maintaining a faculty and plant which are properly supervised.
" Public School " means a physical plant having any or all grades kindergarten through twelve, supported primarily from public funds and under the supervision of public school administrators.
" Reorganized School District " means a clearly defined geographic subdivision of the state organized for the purposes of administering public education pursuant to 14 Del.C. Ch. 10 .
" School District " means a reorganized school district or a vocational-technical school district or both depending upon the context in which the term is used.
" Vocational-Technical School District " means a subdivision of the state, the boundaries of which are co-extensive with the boundaries of the county in which it is located, organized for the purposes of administering vocational and technical education pursuant to 14 Del.C. Ch. 10 .