| A | B |
| Health and Safety | Maintaining one's own well being |
| Hisotrically Under-represented Gifted Population | May not be apparent due to low socioeconomic status |
| Home Living | Daily functioning within a home |
| Homeless Children | As defined in the McKinny-Vento Homeless Assistance Act |
| Illegal Drug | Controlled substance but not medication legally possessed |
| Include | Means that the terms named are not all of the possible items |
| Independent Education Evaluation | Evaluator is not employed by responsible district |
| Indirect Services | Consultative services to individuals responsible for provision of services |
| Individualized Education Program | Written statement for an eligible student with an exceptionality |
| IEP Team | Group of individuals responsible for developing, reviewing or revising IEP |
| Individualized Family Service Plan | Written plan for providing early intervention |
| In-School Suspension | Child is temporarily removed from classroom for disciplinary purposes |
| Instructional Day | Minimum number of instructional minutes per program level as specified in Policy 2510 |
| Interim Alternative Educational Setting | Appropriate student placement for no more than 45 days |
| Interpreting Services | For students with hearing problems |
| Least Restrictive Environment | Provides student with integration to the max extent appropriate with peers |
| Local Educational Agency | Usually public board of education |
| Mediation | Informal, non-adversarial and voluntary process to solve dispute |
| Medical Services | Provided by licenses physician for student's medically related disability |
| Meeting | Formal gathering between two more more people to discuss student |
| Middle Childhood Education | Addresses the intellectual, physical and social needs of learners 10 to 14 |
| Multidisciplinary Evaluation | Procedures conducted by a team to determine student needs |
| Native Language | Language normally used in the home or learning environment |
| Non-academic services | Includes counseling, athletics, transportation, clubs |
| Non-aversive Behavioral Strategies | Without use of noxious or painful stimulus or prolonged depravation or movement |
| Normal Rate or Level of Development | Indicated by age-equivalency measures such as mental age, IQ, standard scores |