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Topic Statute CFR*
ELIGIBILITY ISSUES

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Disability Defined 300.8
Special Education 300.39
Specially Designed Instruction 300.39
Related Services §1401(26) 300.34
Disability Classifications §1401(3) 300.8(c)
Developmental Delay 300.8(b)
DD as Optional Designation 300.111(b)
Labeling & Overindentification §1400(12) 300.173
Classification is not the Goal §1412(a)(3)(B)
Services based on Needs
State Funding is Contingent §1412(a)(1)-(6)
Child Find §1412(a)(3)
Referrals §1414(a)(1)(B)
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EVALUATIONS

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300.300-311
  Parental Consent §1414(a)(1)(D) 300.300
  Procedures §1414(b)(1) 300.304
  Identify all needs §1414(b)(3) 300.304
  Re-evaluations §1414(a)(2) 300.303
  Additional requirements for Initial & Re-evaluations §1414(c) 300.305
  Parental Consent for Re-evaluations §1414(c)(3) 300.300(c)
  Evaluations prior to Termination of Services §1414(c)(5) 300.305(e)
  Eligibility Determination §1414(b)(4) 300.306
  Timelines §1414(a)(1)(c)(i)  
  Disqualifying Conditions §1414(b)(5) 300.306(b)
  Specific Learning Disability §1414(b)(6)  
  Team Members   300.006,300.308
  Criteria for SLD   300.307
  Observation   300.310
  Written Report   300.311
   

 
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FREE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION

.§1400     §1401     §1412     §1414     §1415

300.101-102
Requirement to Provide §1401(9) 300.101
Age Requirements 300.101 
Grade to Grade
 300.101(c)
Termination of Services 300.102(a)(3)
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INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM (IEP)

.§1400     §1401     §1412     §1414     §1415

300.320-324 
Contents
 §1414(d) 300.320
Present Level of Performance §1414(d)(1)(A)(i)(I) 300.320(a)(1)
Annual Goals §1414(d)(1)(A)(i)(i)(II) 300.320(a)(2)
Benchmarks/short Term
Objections §1414(d)(1)(A)(i)(I)(cc) 300.320(a)(2)(ii)
Progress Reporting §1414(d)(1)(A)(i)(III) 300.320(a)(3)
Services & Modifications §1414(d)(1)(A)(i)(IV) 300.320(a)(4)
Regular Education Participation §1414(d)(1)(A)(i)(V) 300.320(a)(5)
Testing Accommodations §1414(d)(1)(A)(i)(VI) 300.320(a)(6)
Schedule of Services §1414(d)(1)(A)(i)(VII) 300.320(a)(7)
Transition Planning §1414(d)(1)(A)(i)(VIII) 300.320(b
Development of IEP §1414(d)(3) 300.321
General Considerations §1414(d)(3)(A) 300.321(a)
Special Factors 1414(d)(3)B §1414(d)(3)(B) 300.321(a)(2)
IEP Team §1414(d)(1)(B) 300.321(a)
Regular Education Teacher §1414(d)(3)(C)
Attendance at IEP Meeting §1414(d)(1)(C) 300.321(e)
Date of Implementation §1414(d)(2)(A) 300.323
Review & Revisions §1414(d)(4) 300.324
Multi-Year IEP's §1414(a)(5)
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LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT

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  Continuum of Alternative Placements   300.115
  Requirements   300.116
  Non-academic Settings   300.117
  Stay Put §1414(j) 300.518
   

300.530-534
  Discipline §1414(k) 300.530
  Violations of Code of Conduct §1415(k)(1)(A) 300.530(a)
  Manifestation §1415(k)(1)(E) 300.530(e)
  Weapons, Drugs, Bodily Injury §1415(k)(1)(G) 300.530(g)
  Definitions §1415(k)(7) 300.530(i)
  Removal by Hearing Officer §1415(k)(3)(B)(ii)(II) 300.532
  Appeals & Placement §1415(k)(3) 300.533
  Children not yet eligibile §1415(k)(5) 300.534
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CHILDREN IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS

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  Enrolled by their Parents §1412(a)(10)(A) 300.130
   

300.145-148
  Enrolled by Public Agency §1412(a)(10)(B) 300.145
  Enrolled by Parent without Consent or Referral §1412(a)(10)(C) 300.148
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PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS

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  Consent Defined §1414(a)(1)(D) 300.9
  Parent Defined §1402(23) 300.30
   

300.300-311
  Parental Consent of Evaluations   300.300
  Parental Participation at Eligibility §1414(b)(4) 300.306
  Re-evaluation §1414(c)(3)  
   

 
  LRE Decision   300.116
   

 
   

300.320-324
  Participation in IEP Team §1414(d)(1)(B)(i) 300.321(a)
       
   

300.500-518
  Examine Records §1415(b)(1) 300.501
  Independent Educational Evaluation   300.502
  Prior Written Notice §1415(b)(3) 300.503
  Consent Written Notice §1415(c)(1)  
  Procedural Safeguards Notice §1415(d) 300.504
  Mediation §1415(b)(5) & §1415(e) 300.506
  Complaint Procedure §1415(b)(6) & §1415(f) 300.507
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DUE PROCESS HEARINGS

.§1400     §1401     §1412     §1414     §1415
   

300.500-518
  Subjects of Due Process Hearings §1415(b)(6)(A) 300.503(a)
  Statute of Limitations §1415(b)(6)(B); §1415(f)(3)(C) & (D) 300.507(a)(2)
  Hearing Officers Qualifications §1415(f)(3)(A)  
  Contents of Complaint §1415(b)(7) 300.507(b)
  Complaint Notice §1415(c)(2) 300.507(c)
  Challenge to Sufficiency §1415(c)(2)(C); §1415(c)(2)(A) 300.507(d)
  Subject Matter of Hearing §1415(f)(3)(B); §1415(k)(3) 300.511(d)
  Response to Complaint §1415(c)(2)(B) 300.508(e)
  Amended Complaint §1415(c)(2)(E) 300.508(d)
  Mediation §1415(e)  
  Due Process Hearing §1415(f)(1) 300.511
  Resolution Session §1415(f)(1)(B) 300.510
  Timing §1415(f)(1)(B)(i)(I) & §1415(f)(1)(b)(ii) 300.511(e), 300.515
  Settlement Agreement §1415(f)(1)(b)(iii)  
  Pre-trial disclosures §1415(f)(2) 300.512
  Procedural vs. Substantive Violations §1415(f)(3)(E) 300.513
  Procedural Safeguards at Hearing §1415(h) 300.512
  Appeal of Hearing Officer Decision §1415(i) 300.514
  Attorney Fees §1415(i)(3)(A)-(G) 300.517
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MEDIATION

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300.500-518
  Mediation §1415(e) 300.506
  General Requirements §1415(e)(2) 300.506(a)
  Costs §1415(e)(2)(D) 300.506(b)(4)
  Written Agreements §1415(e)(2)(F) 300.506(b)(6)
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