Eligibility

How is eligibility for Special Education established?

To be eligible for special education a student must qualify under the two-prong test of eligibility:

• a disability and
• a need for specially designed instruction.

To meet the first part of the two-prong 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:

• 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