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 118 STAT. 2657 PUBLIC LAW 108–446—DEC. 3, 2004 ‘‘(23) PARENT.—The term ‘parent’ means— ‘‘(A) a natural, adoptive, or foster parent of a child (unless a foster parent is prohibited by State law from serving as a parent); ‘‘(B) a guardian (but not the State if the child is a ward of the State); ‘‘(C) an individual acting in the place of a natural or adoptive parent (including a grandparent, stepparent, or other relative) with whom the child lives, or an indi vidual who is legally responsible for the child’s welfare; or ‘‘(D) except as used in sections 615(b)(2) and 639(a)(5), an individual assigned under either of those sections to be a surrogate parent. ‘‘(24) PARENT ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘parent organiza tion’ has the meaning given the term in section 671(g). ‘‘(25) PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION CENTER.—The term ‘parent training and information center’ means a center assisted under section 671 or 672. ‘‘(26) RELATED SERVICES.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘related services’ means transportation, and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services (including speech language pathology and audiology services, interpreting services, psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation, including therapeutic recreation, social work services, school nurse services designed to enable a child with a disability to receive a free appropriate public edu cation as described in the individualized education program of the child, counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling, orientation and mobility services, and medical services, except that such medical services shall be for diagnostic and evaluation purposes only) as may be required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education, and includes the early identification and assessment of disabling conditions in children. ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The term does not include a medical device that is surgically implanted, or the replacement of such device. ‘‘(27) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘secondary school’ means a nonprofit institutional day or residential school, including a public secondary charter school, that provides sec ondary education, as determined under State law, except that it does not include any education beyond grade 12. ‘‘(28) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means the Sec retary of Education. ‘‘(29) SPECIAL EDUCATION.—The term ‘special education’ means specially designed instruction, at no cost to parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability, including— ‘‘(A) instruction conducted in the classroom, in the home, in hospitals and institutions, and in other settings; and ‘‘(B) instruction in physical education. ‘‘(30) SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘specific learning dis ability’ means a disorder in 1 or more of the basic psycho logical processes involved in understanding or in using

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