Definitions
\n\nA gifted and talented student is a student enrolled in a public school who is identified as possessing demonstrated or potential abilities that give evidence of high performance capability in categories selected by the Board of Education. (Education Code 52201)
\n\nA highly gifted student is one who has achieved a measured intelligence quotient of 150 or more points on an assessment of intelligence administered by qualified personnel or has demonstrated extraordinary aptitude and achievement in language arts, mathematics, science, or other academic subjects, as evaluated and confirmed by both the student's teacher and principal. Highly gifted students shall generally constitute not more than one percent of the student population. (Education Code 52201)
\n\nA special day class for gifted and talented students consists of one or more classes totaling a minimum school day where each class: (5 CCR 3840)
\n\nA part-time grouping is one in which students attend classes or seminars that are organized to provided advanced or enriched subject matter for a part of the school day and those classes are composed of identified gifted and talented students. (5 CCR 3840)
\n\nA cluster grouping is one in which students are grouped within a regular classroom setting and receive appropriately differentiated activities from the regular classroom teacher. (5 CCR 3840)
\n\nIndependent study provides additional instructional opportunities supervised by a certificated district employee through special tutors or mentors or through enrollment in correspondence courses specified in Education Code 51740 and 5 CCR 1633. (5 CCR 3840)
\n\nAcceleration means that students are placed in grades or classes more advanced than those of their chronological age group and are provided special counseling and/or instruction outside the regular classroom in order to facilitate their advanced work. (5 CCR 3840)
\n\nEnrichment activities are supplemental educational activities that augment students' regular educational programs in their regular classrooms. Students use advanced materials and/or receive special opportunities from persons other than the regular classroom teacher. (5 CCR 3840)
\n\nProgram Plan
\n\nThe Superintendent or designee shall develop a written plan for the district's program which shall include the components specified in 5 CCR 3831 and be designed in accordance with state program standards.
\n\nIdentification of Gifted and Talented Students
\n\nStudents shall be selected for the program based on their demonstrated or potential ability for high performance in accordance with the categories specified in Education Code 52202 and 5 CCR 3822.
\n\nEvidence of a student's capability shall include any of the data specified in 5 CCR 3823 and shall consider the economic, linguistic, and cultural characteristics of students' background. (5 CCR 3823)
\n\nThe Superintendent or designee shall design methods to seek out and identify gifted and talented students from varying linguistic, economic, and cultural backgrounds and whose extraordinary capacities require special services and programs. (5 CCR 3820)
\n\nPrior to making a final determination of a student's eligibility, the pertinent evidence shall be evaluated by the student's principal or designee, a classroom teacher familiar with the student's work, and, when appropriate, a credentialed school psychologist. A person recognized as an expert in the gifted and talented category under consideration, and/or a person who has in-depth understanding of the student's linguistic or cultural group, shall participate in the evaluation of the evidence unless there is no doubt as to the student's eligibility. These persons shall meet as necessary to resolve any differences in assessment and recommendations. (5 CCR 3824)
\n\nThe Superintendent or designee shall identify as gifted and talented any student who has transferred from a district in which he/she was identified as a gifted and talented student.
\n\nWritten consent shall be secured from a student's parent/guardian before he/she participates in the program. (5 CCR 3831)
\n\n\n", "contentText": "Definitions\n\nA gifted and talented student is a student enrolled in a public school who is identified as possessing demonstrated or potential abilities that give evidence of high performance capability in categories selected by the Board of Education. (Education Code 52201)\n\nA highly gifted student is one who has achieved a measured intelligence quotient of 150 or more points on an assessment of intelligence administered by qualified personnel or has demonstrated extraordinary aptitude and achievement in language arts, mathematics, science, or other academic subjects, as evaluated and confirmed by both the student's teacher and principal. Highly gifted students shall generally constitute not more than one percent of the student population. (Education Code 52201)\n\nA special day class for gifted and talented students consists of one or more classes totaling a minimum school day where each class: (5 CCR 3840)\n\n- Is composed of students identified as gifted and talented\n\n- Is designed to meet the specific academic needs of gifted and talented students for enriched or advanced instruction and is appropriately differentiated from other classes in the same subjects at the school\n\n- Is taught by a teacher who has specific preparation, experience, personal attributes, and competencies in the teaching of gifted children\n\nA part-time grouping is one in which students attend classes or seminars that are organized to provided advanced or enriched subject matter for a part of the school day and those classes are composed of identified gifted and talented students. (5 CCR 3840)\n\nA cluster grouping is one in which students are grouped within a regular classroom setting and receive appropriately differentiated activities from the regular classroom teacher. (5 CCR 3840)\n\nIndependent study provides additional instructional opportunities supervised by a certificated district employee through special tutors or mentors or through enrollment in correspondence courses specified in Education Code 51740 and 5 CCR 1633. (5 CCR 3840)\n\nAcceleration means that students are placed in grades or classes more advanced than those of their chronological age group and are provided special counseling and/or instruction outside the regular classroom in order to facilitate their advanced work. (5 CCR 3840)\n\nEnrichment activities are supplemental educational activities that augment students' regular educational programs in their regular classrooms. Students use advanced materials and/or receive special opportunities from persons other than the regular classroom teacher. (5 CCR 3840)\n\nProgram Plan\n\nThe Superintendent or designee shall develop a written plan for the district's program which shall include the components specified in 5 CCR 3831 and be designed in accordance with state program standards.\n\nIdentification of Gifted and Talented Students\n\nStudents shall be selected for the program based on their demonstrated or potential ability for high performance in accordance with the categories specified in Education Code 52202 and 5 CCR 3822.\n\nEvidence of a student's capability shall include any of the data specified in 5 CCR 3823 and shall consider the economic, linguistic, and cultural characteristics of students' background. (5 CCR 3823)\n\nThe Superintendent or designee shall design methods to seek out and identify gifted and talented students from varying linguistic, economic, and cultural backgrounds and whose extraordinary capacities require special services and programs. (5 CCR 3820)\n\nPrior to making a final determination of a student's eligibility, the pertinent evidence shall be evaluated by the student's principal or designee, a classroom teacher familiar with the student's work, and, when appropriate, a credentialed school psychologist. A person recognized as an expert in the gifted and talented category under consideration, and/or a person who has in-depth understanding of the student's linguistic or cultural group, shall participate in the evaluation of the evidence unless there is no doubt as to the student's eligibility. These persons shall meet as necessary to resolve any differences in assessment and recommendations. (5 CCR 3824)\n\nThe Superintendent or designee shall identify as gifted and talented any student who has transferred from a district in which he/she was identified as a gifted and talented student.\n\nWritten consent shall be secured from a student's parent/guardian before he/she participates in the program. (5 CCR 3831)", "footnotes": [ { "type": "State", "references": [ { "code": "5 CCR 1633", "description": "Instruction by correspondence", "url": "https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/I2FBC4F334C6911EC93A8000D3A7C4BC3?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.Default)" }, { "code": "Ed. Code 37223", "description": "Weekend classes", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=37223." }, { "code": "Ed. 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