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Criteria: Deaf and Hard of Hearing
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=3525.1331 "Deaf and hard of hearing" means a diminished sensitivity to sound, or hearing loss, that is expressed in terms of standard audiological measures. -
Criteria: Physically Impaired
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=3525.1337 "Physically impaired" means a medically diagnosed chronic, physical impairment, either congenital or acquired, that may adversely affect physical or academic functioning and result in the need for special education and related services. -
Criteria: ASD
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=3525.1325 "Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)" means a range of pervasive developmental disorders, with onset in childhood, that adversely affect a pupil's functioning and result in the need for special education instruction and related services. -
Criteria: Visually Impaired
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=3525.1345 "Visually impaired" means a medically verified visual impairment accompanied by limitations in sight that interfere with acquiring information or interaction with the environment to the extent that special education instruction and related services may be needed. -
Criteria: Developmental Coginitive Disability
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=3525.1333 "Developmental cognitive disability (DCD)" means a condition resulting in significantly below average intellectual functioning and concurrent deficits in adaptive behavior that adversely affects educational performance and requires special education and related services. -
Criteria: EBD
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=3525.1329 "Emotional or behavioral disorders" means an established pattern of one or more of the following emotional or behavioral responses:
A. withdrawal or anxiety, depression, problems with mood, or feelings of self-worth;
B. disordered thought processes with unusual behavior patterns and atypical communication styles; or
C. aggression, hyperactivity, or impulsivity. -
Definition
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=3525.2710 "Severely multiply impaired" means a pupil who has severe learning and developmental problems resulting from two or more disability conditions determined by an evaluation as defined by part 3525.2710. -
Conduct Before Evaluation
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=3525.2550 The team shall conduct an evaluation for special education purposes within a reasonable time not to exceed 30 school days from the date the district receives parental permission to conduct the evaluation or the expiration of the 14-calendar day parental response time in cases other than initial evaluation, unless a conciliation conference or hearing is requested. -
Development of IEP
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=3525.2810 "Individualized education program" or "IEP" means a written statement for each pupil that is developed, reviewed, and revised in a meeting in accordance with this part and that includes:
(1) a statement of the pupil's present levels of educational performance, including how the pupil's disability affects the pupil's involvement and progress in the general curriculum. -
Intervention Services: Ages Three Through Six Years
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=3525.1351 The team shall determine that a child from the age of three years through the age of six years is eligible for special education when:
A. the child meets the criteria of one of the categorical disabilities in United States Code, title 20, chapter 33, sections 1400 et seq., as defined in Minnesota Rules;