Haw. Code R. § 8-61-2
As used in this chapter:
"Department" means the state department of education.
"Manifestation Determination" means a process triggered by a decision to change the placement of a student with a disability because of a violation of a code of student conduct to determine:
(1) if the conduct in question was caused by, or had a direct and substantial relationship to the student's disability, or
(2) if the conduct in question was the direct result of a failure to implement the 504 Plan.
"Parent" means:
(1) A natural or adoptive parent of a student with a disability;
(2) A guardian appointed by the court but not the State if the student is a ward of the State; or
(3) A surrogate parent who has been appointed in accordance with section 8-61-12.
"Section 504" is in reference to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended ( 29 U.S.C. §§705, 794; 34 C.F.R. Part 104).
Haw. Code R. § 8-61-2