§ 300.308 Additional group members.

Plain English summary

This section specifies the required composition of the team that determines whether a child suspected of having a specific learning disability qualifies as a child with a disability. The team must include the child's parents, an appropriate regular teacher or qualified instructor based on the child's age, and at least one professional qualified to conduct individual diagnostic examinations.

Key requirements

• The determination of whether a child suspected of having a specific learning disability is a child with a disability as defined in § 300.8 must be made by the child's parents and a team of qualified professionals.
• The team must include the child's regular teacher; or if the child does not have a regular teacher, a regular classroom teacher qualified to teach a child of his or her age; or for a child of less than school age, an individual qualified by the SEA to teach a child of his or her age.
• The team must include at least one person qualified to conduct individual diagnostic examinations of children, such as a school psychologist, speech-language pathologist, or remedial reading teacher.

Affected parties

• parents of children suspected of having a specific learning disability
• local educational agencies (LEAs)
• regular classroom teachers
• school psychologists
• speech-language pathologists
• remedial reading teachers
• state educational agencies (SEAs)
• qualified professionals conducting diagnostic examinations

Official source

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/part-300/section-300.308