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Elizabeth M. Whitehorn, Director

School-Based Health Services Glossary GHI

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General curriculum - The standards and benchmarks adopted by a Local Education Agency (LEA) or schools within the LEA that applies to ALL children. It is applicable to children with disabilities as well as non-disabled children and related to the content of the curriculum and not to the setting in which it is used. It is the basis of planning instruction for all students.

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Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) - Health Care Financing Administration, now called the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is the federal agency charged with overseeing and approving state's implementation and administration of the Medicare and Medicaid programs and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP).

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - A federal law enacted in 1996, offering limited protections to ensure continuity of health care coverage. Under HIPAA, insured individuals who have a health condition cannot be denied benefits when they change jobs. It also prevents health plans from refusing coverage on the basis of pre-existing conditions.

Honig v. Doe - Legal case that offers significant information on the nature of discipline that may be used with special education students.

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Illinois Administrative Code - Regulations relevant to the provision of special education services are located in volume 23 at part 226.

Illinois Revised Statutes, Chapter 122 - Commonly called the 'Illinois School Code' It includes state law regulating the operation of public schools. Article 14 is specific to special education matters.

Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) - The state administrative agency responsible for educational services. Its office relevant to special education is the Department of Special Education.

Illinois Student Records Act - A portion of the school code regulating the management of all student records whether or not those students have disabilities.

Indirect costs - Indirect costs are those that have been incurred for common or joint purposes. These costs benefit more than one cost objective and cannot be readily allocated to any one program.

Indirect cost rate - A device for determining in a reasonable manner the proportion of indirect costs each cost objective should bear. It is the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the common or joint indirect costs to the total direct costs.

Restricted indirect cost rates - Restricted indirect cost rates are used for programs which require expenditures which supplement state or local efforts. Simplified indirect cost rates include those indirect costs associated with support services such as: director of business, fiscal internal, staff, and data processing.

Unrestricted indirect cost rates -Unrestricted indirect cost rates are used for programs which supplement and/or supplant local and state funds. All cost classifications are the same for both restricted and unrestricted rate computations with one exception. Accounts 1, 2, 5-2540 (operation and maintenance of plant services) are treated as indirect costs in unrestricted rate computations.

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - The federal law that mandates that a free and appropriate public education be available to all school-age children with disabilities. It is also known as Public Law 105-17.

Individualized Education Program (IEP) - A written plan for every student receiving special education services that contains information such as the student's special learning needs and the specific special education services required for the student. The document is periodically reviewed and revised.

Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) - The IFSP is a written plan for infants and toddlers with disabilities that describes services to be provided and expected outcomes, and is developed in cooperation with the child's parents or guardian.

Instructional placement - Phrase used to describe the situation in which a child spends at least half of his/her school day in special education.

Irving Independent School District v. Tatro - Legal case that helped to distinguish federally required related services from medical services which are not required to be provided under IDEA