15-1201. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Fund" means the special education fund established by section 15-1182.
2. "Institution" means the Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind, the
Arizona training program facilities as provided in section 36-551 and the Arizona state
hospital.
3. "Place" or "placement" means placement of a person in an institution, as defined
in this section, for special education only or for special education and residential and
custodial care.
4. "Special education" means the adjustment of the environmental factors,
modification of the course of study and adaptation of teaching methods, materials and
techniques to provide educationally for those children who are at least three but not
more than twenty-one years of age and who are gifted or disabled to such an extent that
they do not profit from the regular course of study or need special education services in
order to profit. Difficulty in writing, speaking or understanding the English language
due to an environmental background in which a language other than English is spoken
primarily or exclusively shall not be considered a sufficient handicap to require special
education.
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