* Regulations by Section and Attachment 1 (Analysis of Comments and Changes)

Subpart E-Procedural Safeguards
Additional Procedures for Evaluating Children with Specific Learning Disabilities

§300.543 Written report.

(a) For a child suspected of having a specific learning disability, the documentation of the team's determination of eligibility, as required by §300.534(a)(2), must include a statement of-

(1) Whether the child has a specific learning disability;

(2) The basis for making the determination;

(3) The relevant behavior noted during the observation of the child;

(4) The relationship of that behavior to the child's academic functioning;

(5) The educationally relevant medical findings, if any;

(6) Whether there is a severe discrepancy between achievement and ability that is not correctable without special education and related services; and

(7) The determination of the team concerning the effects of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage.

(b) Each team member shall certify in writing whether the report reflects his or her conclusion. If it does not reflect his or her conclusion, the team member must submit a separate statement presenting his or her conclusions.

(Authority: Sec. 5(b), Pub. L. 94-142)

Analysis of Comments, Discussions and Changes from Attachment 1
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Comment: Commenters raised a variety of issues regarding the regulatory provisions concerning the additional procedures for evaluating children suspected of having specific learning disabilities. However, none of those comments raised significant concerns about the minor changes from prior regulations proposed in the NPRM, which were designed merely to accommodate new statutory provisions regarding the participation of parents in evaluation determinations and evaluation reports and documentation of eligibility determinations applicable to all eligibility determinations, including those regarding specific learning disabilities.

Discussion: As indicated in the preamble to the NPRM, the Department is planning to conduct a careful, comprehensive review of research, expert opinion and practical knowledge of evaluating and identifying children with a specific learning disability over the next several years to determine whether changes to the standards and process for identifying children with a specific learning disability should be proposed. Because that review has not been done, no further changes are made to the regulations.

Changes: None.

 

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