Eligibility

To be eligible for special education a student must qualify under a two-pronged test of eligibility: the student must be found to be a student with a disability and they must demonstrate a need for specially designed instruction and/or related services. To meet the first part of the two-pronged test for eligibility, a child between the ages of three through 21 must meet the criteria for one or more of the disability categories listed below:
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  • Auditory Impairment
  • Autism
  • Deaf/Blindness
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Intellectual Disability
  • Mulitple Disabilities
  • Orthopedic Impairment
  • Other Health Impairment
  • Specific Learning Disability
  • Speech/Language
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Visual Impairment
  • Non-categorical Early Childhood
  • Auditory Impairment
  • Autism
  • Deaf/Blindness
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Intellectual Disability
  • Mulitple Disabilities
  • Orthopedic Impairment
  • Other Health Impairment
  • Specific Learning Disability
  • Speech/Language
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Visual Impairment
  • Non-categorical Early Childhood