In AS 14.30.180 — 14.30.350,

1. (1) “appropriate education” means personalized instruction with sufficient support services to permit a child to benefit educationally from the instruction;

2. (2) “child with a disability” means a child with one or more of the following:

   1. (A) intellectual disability;
   2. (B) learning disabilities;
   3. (C) emotional disturbance;
   4. (D) deafness;
   5. (E) deaf-blindness;
   6. (F) hearing impairment;
   7. (G) orthopedic impairment;
   8. (H) other health impairment;
   9. (I) speech or language impairment;
   10. (J) visual impairment;
   11. (K) multiple disabilities;
   12. (L) early childhood development delay;
   13. (M) autism;
   14. (N) traumatic brain injury;
   15. (O) developmental disability;
3. (3) “due process hearing” means a hearing conducted under AS 14.30.193;
4. (4) “educational records” means those files, documents, records, and other material that contain information directly related to a student and are maintained by a school district or a person acting for a school district; the term “educational records” does not include the personnel records of the school district, maintained in the normal course of business, that relate exclusively to a person's capacity as an employee, or other records as designated by the department in regulation;

5. (5) “informed consent” means that

   1. (A) a child's parent has been fully informed, in the parent's native language or other mode of communication, of all information relevant to the activity for which consent is sought;
   2. (B) the parent understands and agrees in writing to the carrying out of the activity for which the parent's consent is sought;
   3. (C) the consent describes that activity and lists any records that will be released and to whom; and
   4. (D) the parent understands that the granting of consent is voluntary on the part of the parent and may be revoked at any time;

6. (6) “parent” means a

   1. (A) child's natural or adoptive parent;
   2. (B) child's guardian, but not the state if the child is in the legal custody of the state;
   3. (C) person who is acting in the place of a child's natural or adoptive parent, such as a grandparent or stepparent with whom the child lives, or a person who is legally responsible for the child's welfare; and
   4. (D) child's surrogate parent who has been appointed under AS 14.30.325;
7. (7) “related services” means services described in 34 C.F.R. 300.34;
8. (8) “school district” means a borough school district, a city school district, a regional educational attendance area, a state boarding school, and the state centralized correspondence study program;
9. (9) “special education” means an educational program described in 34 C.F.R. 300.39.