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05-071 DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION
1.3 Free Appropriate Public Education
1.4 Special Education Process: An Overview
1.5 Approval of Special Education
Services
1.6 Due Process; Opportunity to
Question
2.2 Assistive Technology Device
2.3 Assistive Technology Service
2.10 Functional Behavior Assessment
2.15 Positive Behavior Supports And
Interventions
2.16 Private General Purpose School
2.17 Private Special Purpose School
2.19 School Administrative Unit
2.21 Special Education Placement
2.22 Special Education Program
2.23 Special Education Services
2.25 State-Operated Institution
2.27 Student with a Disability
3.1 Student with a Disability;
General Definition
3.11 Specific Learning Disability
3.12 Speech and Language Impairment
3.14 Visual Impairment including
blindness
4. RESPONSIBILITY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
SERVICES
4.1 General Principles: Responsibility for Special Education Services
and Finances
4.8 Determination of Educational
Responsibility
4.9 Educational Responsibility for
Incarcerated Students With Disabilities
5.1 Continuum of Special Education
Services
5.5 Direct Instructional Services
5.7 Supervision of Educational
Technicians
5.9 Extended School Year Services
5.10 Speech and Language Services
6.1 General Principles: Need of
Supportive Services
6.2 Exclusions (Medical Services and
Treatment)
6.3 Contracted Special Education
Services
6.7 Interpreter/Transliterator
Services for Students with Disabilities
6.8 Occupational Therapy, Physical
Therapy Services
6.9 Orientation And Mobility Services
6.10 Parent Counseling And Training
Means
6.13 Rehabilitation Counseling
Services
6.16 Special Education Equipment
6.17 Transportation - Special
Education
6.18 Transportation - Residential
School
7.1 General Principles: Child Find
Responsibilities
7.2 Responsibility For Child Find
7.3 Students Subject To Child Find
7.4 Elements Of Child Find Activities
7.6 Referral After Child Find; Notice
Of Referral
7.7 Local Policy on Referral to Pupil
Evaluation Team
7.8 Records of Child Find Activities
8. PUPIL EVALUATION TEAM PROCESS
8.1 Identification, Evaluation
Process General Principles
8.2 Pupil Evaluation Team (P.E.T.)
8.3 Major P.E.T. Responsibilities
8.4 Scheduling of P.E.T. Meetings
8.5 Parental Notice of P.E.T.
Meetings
8.7 Requirement With Respect To
Regular Education Teacher
8.8 P.E.T. Meetings – Transition
Services
8.10 Audio Recording of P.E.T.
Meetings
8.11 P.E.T. Decision-Making Process
9. EVALUATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
9.1 Identification, Evaluation
Process
9.3 Consent for Initial Evaluation
9.4 Determination of Eligibility
9.7 Qualifications of Evaluators
9.8 Determination of Needed
Evaluation Data
9.9 Requirements If Additional Data
Are Not Needed
9.10 Evaluation; Notice of Proposed
Evaluation
9.12 Parental Consent for Reevaluation
9.15 Additional Procedures For
Evaluating Students With Specific Learning Disabilities
9.16 Non-discriminatory Assessment
9.17 Time Limits for Evaluation
9.18 Absence of Parental Consent
9.19 Independent Educational
Evaluation
10. INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM
(I.E.P.)
10.1 General Principles; Necessity for
an Individualized Education Program
10.2 Individualized Education Program
Components
10.3 P.E.T. Considerations in
Developing an I.E.P.
10.4 Notification of Change of Program
10.5 Implementation of the
Individualized Education Program
10.6 Individualized Education Program
Requirements in Private or Out-of-Unit Placements
10.7 Revision of Out-of-Unit
Individualized Education Programs
10.8 Individualized Education Program
Coordination Between Administrative Units
10.10 Transition From Child Development
Services To Public School Service
11. LEAST RESTRICTIVE EDUCATIONAL
ALTERNATIVE
11.1 Least Restrictive Educational
Alternative, Generally
11.2 Criteria – Least Restrictive
Educational Alternative
11.3 Continuum of Special Education
Placements
11.6 Self-Contained Class Placement
11.7 Public Separate Day School
Placement
11.8 Private Separate Day School
Placement
11.9 Public Residential Placement:
11.10 Private Residential Placement:
11.11 Homebound/Hospital Placement:
11.12 Placement of Students with
Disabilities
11.13 Notification of Proposed
Placement
11.14 Consent for Initial Placement
11.16 Residential Treatment Center
Placements
11.17 State Approval of Placements
12.2 Parent and Student Access to
Records, Information
12.9 Dispute Resolution Procedures
12.11 Communication of Procedural
Safeguards
12.12 Student's Status during Pendency
of Appeals
13. Dispute Resolution PROCEDURES:
(Mediations, Complaints And Hearings)
13.1 Right to Dispute Resolution,
Generally
13.2 Request for Dispute Resolution
(Hearing, Complaint or Mediation)
13.3 Mediation, Alternative Dispute
Resolution
13.6 Appointment of Hearing Officer
13.7 Notice of Hearing Time, Place
13.13 Expedited Due Process Hearings.
13.16 Hearing Expenditures/Attorney
Fees
14. DISCIPLINE OF STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES
14.1 Change Of Placement For
Disciplinary Removals.
14.2 Authority Of School Personnel.
14.3 F.A.P.E. For Students Suspended
Or Expelled From School.
14.4 Authority Of Hearing Officer.
14.5 Determination Of Setting.
14.6 Manifestation Determination
Review.
14.7 Determination That Behavior Was
Not Manifestation Of Disability.
14.9 Placement During Appeals.
14.10 Protections For Students Not Yet
Eligible For Special Education And Related Services.
14.11 Expedited Due Process Hearings.
14.12 Referral To And Action By Law
Enforcement And Judicial Authorities.
15.1 General Principles:
Confidentiality Requirements
15.6 Records on More Than One Student