Glossary Terms Beginning with D
Definitions for words starting with D are listed on this page. Take the link above or scroll down to the glossary term.
Daylight Saving Time (DST) Definition
Daylight Saving Time (DST) begins, for most of the United States, on the second Sunday of March, and ends on the first Sunday of November.
In March, clocks are moved forward from 2:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.
In November, time reverts to Standard Time, from 2:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.
DST is not observed in the U.S. and its territories in any of the following regions:
American Samoa
Arizona, except for the following FAA offices on and near the Navajo Nation:
315C
324C
332C
365C
NOTE The Navajo Nation in Arizona participates in DST due to its large size and location in three states. Arizona, except the Navajo Nation, is always on Mountain Standard Time.
Guam
Hawaii
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
DST begin and end dates are as follows:
Year
Begin Date
End Date
2023
March 12
November 5
2024
March 10
November 3
2025
March 9
November 2
2026
March 8
November 1
2027
March 14
November 7
2028
March 12
November 5
2029
March 11
November 4
Days Definition
A day is defined as follows:
Calendar Day
The day as it falls sequentially on the calendar. A calendar day includes weekends (Saturday and Sunday) and State holidays(g).
Workday
The day as it falls during the week, Monday through Friday. A workday does not include any of the following:
Weekends (Saturday and Sunday)
State holidays
Furlough days
DCS or Tribal Placement Provider Definition
When a child under the jurisdiction of the Department of Child Safety (DCS), a Tribal court or a Tribal Child Welfare agency located in Arizona, is placed with an unrelated adult, the adult becomes the child's nonparent caretaker relative(g).
It is not required that the adult be a blood relative or a Legal Permanent Guardian.
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Definition
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a U.S. immigration policy that allows some individuals brought to the country as children and who remain with unlawful presence in the U.S. to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation.
These young men and women, sometimes referred to as Dreamers, may become eligible for a work permit in the U.S. To be eligible for the program, recipients cannot have felonies or serious misdemeanors on their records. DACA does not provide a path to citizenship for recipients. See Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) for more information.
Deprivation Definition
A lack of parental support or care for a dependent child. This can be due to any of the following reasons:
Death
Physical or mental disability
Continued absence of either or both parents
Unemployment or underemployment of the primary wage earner
Designated Staff Definition
Designated staff is defined as any FAA staff designated to complete a specific activity, including and not limited to, any of the following:
Statewide Changes fast tracker
Reports
Case processing
Domestic Partner Definition
A relationship is a domestic partnership when the two people meet all of the following criteria:
Share a permanent residence and have been residing with one another continuously for at least a year.
Have not declared to be a domestic partner with any other person within the prior year.
Do not currently have any other domestic partner or spouse(g) of the same or opposite sex.
Are not currently married to anyone or legally separated from anyone else.
Are not blood relatives any closer than would prohibit marriage in Arizona.
NOTE First cousins may marry if both are sixty-five years of age or older. If one or both first cousins are under sixty-five years of age, they can marry if they show proof to a superior court judge that one of them is unable to reproduce.
Are mentally competent to consent to the domestic partnership.
NOTE The two people meet the criteria unless documentation is provided that verifies one or both are not mentally competent to consent to the domestic partnership.
Are at least 18 years of age.
Are connected to each other financially and meet at least three of the following criteria:
Have a joint mortgage, joint property tax identification, or a joint lease.
Hold a joint credit or bank account.
Assume joint liabilities, such as being signers or cosigners on any loan or purchase.
Have joint ownership of real estate, a vehicle or boat.
All of the following:
Name the partner as a beneficiary on the participant's life insurance, will, or retirement annuities.
Are named by the partner as a beneficiary on the partner's life insurance, will or retirement annuities.