2010 Hawaii Code
DIVISION 1. GOVERNMENT
TITLE 18. EDUCATION
302L. Early Learning System
§302L-1 Definitions.

[§302L-1] Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

"At-risk children" means children who, because of their home and community environment, are subject to language, cultural, economic, and other disadvantages that cause them to be at risk for school failure, including children:

(1) Who are eligible for special education services;

(2) Who are English as a second language learners;

(3) Who reside within a public school district, established under chapter 302A, that is in need of improvement based on the criteria of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110), as amended; or

(4) Whose family income is no more than two hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty level.

"Center-based" describes programs in which early childhood education and care services are provided in a facility, including private preschools, child care centers, and head start programs, licensed, or excluded or exempt from licensing, by the department of human services.

"Council" means the early learning council established pursuant to this chapter.

"Family child care program" means a program in which a child is cared for in a family child care home licensed under section 346-161.

"Family-child interaction learning program" means a program attended by both a child and at least one adult who is the child's parent, relative, or other caregiver, that facilitates family-child interactive learning experiences for children and educates the family member or members about how to encourage the child's learning.

"Home-based instruction program" means a family-involvement, school-readiness program that helps families prepare their child for success in school and beyond, and that is based in the child's home; provided that home schooling is not a home-based instruction program. [L Sp 2008, c 14, pt of §2]