25 CFR § 39.202 - What are the definitions of terms used in this subpart?

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title: "25 CFR § 39.202 - What are the definitions of terms used in this subpart?"
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title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "39.202"
section_name: "What are the definitions of terms used in this subpart?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
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authority: "25 U.S.C. 13, 2008; Public Law 107-110, 115 Stat. 1425."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 61864, Oct. 26, 1979, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982."
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# 39.202 What are the definitions of terms used in this subpart?

*Homebound* means a student who is educated outside the classroom.

*Home schooled* means a student who is not enrolled in a school and is receiving educational services at home at the parent's or guardian's initiative.

*School day* means a day as defined by the submitted school calendar, as long as annual instructional hours are as they are reflected in § 39.213, excluding passing time, lunch, recess, and breaks.

*Three-year average means:*

(1) For academic programs, the average daily membership of the 3 years before the current year of operation; and

(2) For the residential programs, the count period membership of the 3 years before the current year of operation.