1. "Department" means the department of public instruction.
2. "Displaced homemaker" means an individual who:
a. Has worked in the individual's home providing unpaid services for household members;
b. Has been or is unemployed or underemployed;
c. Has had or will have difficulty finding employment; and d.
(1) Is widowed, divorced, separated, or abandoned; or (2) Because of the disability of the individual's spouse, is displaced from the individual's former economically dependent role.
3. "Superintendent" means the superintendent of public instruction.