Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-438

• Complex: means the high school and those elementary, middle, and intermediate schools that feed into the high school as designated by the department. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
• District: means the state public education system as a whole, except as used by the department for federal compliance and reporting requirements. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
• Exceptional children: includes :

  (1) Persons under twenty-two years of age who deviate from the so-called normal person in physical, mental, social, or emotional characteristics or abilities to such an extent that specialized training, techniques, and equipment are required to enable these persons to attain the maximum of their abilities or capacities; provided that "exceptional children" shall not include "gifted and talented children";

  (2) Persons under twenty-two years of age who by reason of physical defects cannot attend the regular public school classes with normal children; and

  (3) Persons under twenty-two years of age who are certified by a licensed physician eligible for membership in the state medical society as being emotionally maladjusted or intellectually incapable of profiting from ordinary instructional methods. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101

• Special facilities: includes buildings, equipment, and materials; transportation; boarding homes; and personnel qualified to work with exceptional children. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
• Special services: means physiotherapy, or any form of muscle training, speech training, occupational therapy, vocational training, psychological evaluation, or any of them. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
• Superintendent: means the superintendent of education. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101