Missouri § 161.1085 - Definitions.
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§ 161.1085. Definitions.
For purposes of sections 161.1080 to 161.1130, the following terms mean:
(1) "Department", the department of elementary and secondary education;
(2) "Governing board", the board of education of a district or the governing board of a charter school that has declared itself a local educational agency;
(3) "Initial remedial year", the year in which a district school or charter school is designated as a school in need of intervention under section 161.1090;
(4) "Local educational agency", any school district and any charter school that has declared itself a local educational agency;
(5) "School", a public school under the control of a local educational agency;
(6) "School in need of intervention", a school that has been designated as in need of intervention by the department according to an outcome-based measure as determined by the department under section 161.1090, which may include, but shall not be required to include, schools identified for intervention under the state's every student succeeds act plan;
(7) "Statewide assessment", any test of student achievement in English language arts, mathematics, or science, including any such test administered in a computer-adaptive format, that is administered statewide under section 160.518.
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(L. 2019 H.B. 604)
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