Legal Resources | Code of Federal Regulations, Title 34 | 300.307
Additional Procedures for Identifying Children With Specific Learning Disabilities
Specific learning disabilities.
(a) General. A State must adopt, consistent with Sec. 300.309, criteria for determining whether a child has a specific learning disability as defined in Sec. 300.8(c)(10). In addition, the criteria adopted by the State--
(1) Must not require the use of a severe discrepancy between intellectual ability and achievement for determining whether a child has a specific learning disability, as defined in Sec. 300.8(c)(10);
(2) Must permit the use of a process based on the child's response to scientific, research-based intervention; and
(3) May permit the use of other alternative research-based procedures for determining whether a child has a specific learning disability, as defined in Sec. 300.8(c)(10).
(b) Consistency with State criteria. A public agency must use the State criteria adopted pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section in determining whether a child has a specific learning disability.
(Authority: 20 USC. 1221e-3; 1401(30); 1414(b)(6))
(Federal Register: August 14, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 156))