Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 256E - Charter Schools -- School Board and Founding Group Models

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attendance center: means a school building that contains classrooms used for instructional purposes for elementary, middle, or secondary school students. See Iowa Code 256E.2
• Charter school: means a school established in accordance with this chapter. See Iowa Code 256E.2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the department of education. See Iowa Code 256E.2
• Education service provider: means an education management organization, charter school management organization, or other person with whom a charter school contracts for educational program implementation or comprehensive management. See Iowa Code 256E.2
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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.
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Founding group: means a person, group of persons, or education service provider that develops and submits an application for a charter school to the state board under this chapter. See Iowa Code 256E.2
• Governing board: means the independent board of a charter school whose members are elected or selected pursuant to the charter school contract, subject to the requirements of section 256E. See Iowa Code 256E.2
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Internet: means the federated international system that is composed of allied electronic communication networks linked by telecommunication channels, that uses standardized protocols, and that facilitates electronic communication services, including but not limited to use of the world wide web; the transmission of electronic mail or messages; the transfer of files and data or other electronic information; and the transmission of voice, image, and video. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Internet site: means a specific location on the internet that is determined by internet protocol numbers, by a domain name, or by both, including but not limited to domain names that use the designations ". See Iowa Code 4.1
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Property: means a tangible object, animate or inanimate, under a museum's care which has intrinsic historic, artistic, scientific, or cultural value. See Iowa Code 305B.2
• Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
• School: means an agency of the state or political subdivision of the state, individual, partnership, company, firm, society, trust, association, corporation, or any combination which meets any of the following criteria:
   a. See Iowa Code 261B.2
• School board: means a board of directors regularly elected by the registered voters of an accredited public school district. See Iowa Code 256E.2
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
• State board: means the state board of education. See Iowa Code 256E.2
• Student: means a person who enrolls in or seeks to enroll in a course of instruction offered or conducted by a school. See Iowa Code 261B.2
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1