§ 300.540 - Additional team members.  


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  • The determination of whether a child suspected of having a specific learning disability is a child with a disability as defined in § 300.7, must be made by the child's parents and a team of qualified professionals which must include—

    (a)(1) The child's regular teacher; or

    (2) If the child does not have a regular teacher, a regular classroom teacher qualified to teach a child of his or her age; or

    (3) For a child of less than school age, an individual qualified by the SEA to teach a child of his or her age; and

    (b) At least one person qualified to conduct individual diagnostic examinations of children, such as a school psychologist, speech-language pathologist, or remedial reading teacher.