Delaware § 302 - Definitions [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 253, § 23].

§ 302. Definitions [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 253, § 23].

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Advanced practice registered nurse” means as defined in § 1902 of Title 24.

(2) “Association” means the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association.

(3) “Athletic advantage” means a student transfers from a sending school to a receiving school for any of the following reasons:

a. To seek a superior team.

b. To seek a team more compatible with the student’s abilities.

c. Dissatisfaction with the student’s position or playing time at the student’s sending school.

d. To follow a coach to another school at which the coach is employed.

e. Dissatisfaction with a philosophy, policy, method, or action of a coach or administrator pertaining to interscholastic athletics.

f. To avoid disciplinary action that another state athletic association has imposed.

g. To avoid disciplinary action that the sending school imposed and is related to or affects interscholastic athletic participation.

(4) “Athletic trainer” means as defined in § 2602 of Title 24.

(5) “Attendance zone” means a geographical area established by law or by the governing body of a public school that entitles a student to attend a specific public school.

(6) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association.

(7) “Department” means the Department of Education.

(8) “Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association.

(9) “Guardian” means an individual that a court order has established is responsible for the care and management of a student.

(10) “Health-care provider” means a physician, a physician associate, an advanced practice registered nurse, or another licensed health-care professional, each of whom is trained and experienced in the evaluation, management, and care of concussions.

(11) “HIB” means harassment, intimidation, or bullying.

(12) “Member school” means a school that is a full or associate member of the Association.

(13) “Participate” means to take part in an interscholastic athletic sport tryout, practice, scrimmage, or contest.

(14) “Physician” means as defined in § 1702 of Title 24.

(15) “Physician associate” means as defined in § 1770A of Title 24.

(16) “Receiving school” means the school that a student transfers into after withdrawing from the student’s sending school.

(17) “Relative caregiver” means an adult who does not have legal custody or guardianship of a student but is, by blood, marriage, or adoption, any of the following to the student:

a. Great-grandparent, grandparent, or step-grandparent.

b. Great-aunt, aunt, step-aunt, great-uncle, uncle, or step-uncle.

c. Step-parent.

d. Sibling, step-sibling, or half-sibling.

e. Niece or nephew.

f. First cousin or first cousin once removed.

(18) “School day” means each day that students attend school during a regular academic school year, including a partial day in which students attend school for instructional purposes, as adopted by a school’s district or governing body. “School day” does not include weekends, holidays, summer school, or other days that are not part of a school’s regular academic year.

(19) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Department of Education.

(20) “Sending school” means the school from which a student transfers to enroll in a receiving school.

(21) “State Board” means the State Board of Education.

(22) “Transfer” means a student has officially withdrawn from a sending school and officially enrolled in a receiving school under the receiving school’s established registration process.

73 Del. Laws, c. 374, §  3;  83 Del. Laws, c. 518, § 2;  84 Del. Laws, c. 217, § 2;  84 Del. Laws, c. 343, § 1;  84 Del. Laws, c. 472, § 1;  85 Del. Laws, c. 253, § 3;