Procedural requirements applied to students not yet determined to be eligible for special education If, prior to the disciplinary action, a district had knowledge that the student may be a student with a disability, then the district makes all protections available to the student until and unless the student is subsequently determined not to be eligible. The district may be considered to have prior knowledge if:
The parent had expressed concern in writing; or
The parent had requested an evaluation; or
District staff had expressed directly to the special education director or other supervisory personnel specific concerns about a pattern of behavior demonstrated by the student.
The district may not be considered to have had prior knowledge if the parent has not consented to evaluation of the student or has refused special education services, or if an evaluation of the student has resulted in a determination of ineligibility.
If the district had no reason to consider the student disabled, and the parent requests an evaluation subsequent to the disciplinary action, the district must have procedures consistent with federal requirements to conduct an expedited evaluation to determine eligibility.
If the student is found eligible, then he/she receives all procedural protections subsequent to the finding of eligibility.
State Requirements
Federal Requirements
34 CFR 300.534
Rating:
Implemented
District Response Required:
No
CRITERION
NUMBER
Legal Standard
SE 48
FAPE (Free, appropriate, public education): Equal opportunity to participate in educational, nonacademic, extracurricular and ancillary programs, as well as participation in regular education
All students receiving special education, regardless of placement, shall have an equal opportunity to participate in and, if appropriate, receive credit for the vocational, supportive, or remedial services that may be available as part of the general education program as well as the non-academic and extracurricular programs of the school.
Programs, services and activities include, but are not limited to:
art and music
vocational education, industrial arts, and consumer and homemaking education