§ 300.641 Annual report of children served—information required in the report.

Plain English summary

This section specifies how states and the Secretary of the Interior must count and report children with disabilities receiving special education and related services for the annual report required under section 618 of the Act. Children must be counted on a single date between October 1 and December 1 each year, reported under only one disability category, with specific rules for children with multiple disabilities, including dedicated categories for deaf-blindness and multiple disabilities.

Key requirements

• The State and the Secretary of the Interior must count and report the number of children with disabilities receiving special education and related services on any date between October 1 and December 1 of each year.
• A child's age is the child's actual age on the date of the child count.
• The SEA may not report a child under more than one disability category.
• If a child has only two disabilities and those disabilities are deafness and blindness, and the child is not reported as having a developmental delay, that child must be reported under the category 'deaf-blindness.'
• A child who has more than one disability and is not reported as having deaf-blindness or as having a developmental delay must be reported under the category 'multiple disabilities.'

Affected parties

• State Educational Agencies (SEAs)
• Secretary of the Interior
• Children with disabilities receiving special education and related services

Official source

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/part-300/section-300.641