22 Pa. Code § 115.1

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 25, June 22, 2024

Section 115.1 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Department-The Department of Education of the Commonwealth.

Instructional materials-Preprepared learning materials which are secular, neutral, and nonideological in character and are of benefit to the instruction of school children on an individual basis and are presently or hereafter provided for public school children of the Commonwealth.

(i) Examples of instructional materials which may be loaned are: books, periodicals, documents, pamphlets, musical scores, desk charts, games, study prints and pictures, desk maps, models, compasses, protractors, rulers, meter sticks, abacuses, thermometers, test tubes, safety goggles, gloves, counting frames, T-squares, specimens used for dissection, kits, and blocks or cubes.

(ii) Examples of instructional materials which cannot be loaned are: textbooks, chemicals, wall maps and charts, pencils, notebooks, chalk, erasers, duplicating fluids or paper, 16 mm films, unexposed film, blank cassettes, or other consumable supplies.

Nonpublic school-Any school, other than a public school within this Commonwealth, wherein a resident of this Commonwealth may legally fulfill the compulsory school attendance requirements of the Public School Code of 1949 (24 P. S. §§ 1-101-27-2702) and which meet the requirements of Title VI of the Act of July 2, 1964, Pub. L. 88-352(78 Stat. 241).

Secretary-The Secretary of Education or his designee.

22 Pa. Code § 115.1