TExES Special Education EC-12 (161)
Six IDEA Principles: Zero Reject
Rules against excluding any student
Six IDEA Principles: Nondiscriminatory Evaluation
Rule requiring schools to evaluate students fairly to determine if they have a disability,
and if so, what kind and how extensive.
Six IDEA Principles: Appropriate Education/IEP
A free, appropriate public education to all children who have been identified as needing
special education. Program must be tailored to the needs of the student. Includes
related services and supplementary aides and services if needed.
Six IDEA Principles: Lease Restrictive Environment
When the Individualized Education Program (IEP) is written, a determination is made
regarding the amount of time each student with disabilities will spend with nondisabled
peers both in the classroom and al other school activities.
Six IDEA Principles: Procedural Due Process
Provides safeguards against schools' actions, include a right to sue in court, provisions
are made for the settlement of disputes by an impartial third party.
Six IDEA Principles: Parents of children with disabilities participate
Parents of children with disabilities participate in the planning and decision making for
their child's special education. Parents' rights primarily involve access to students'
educational records for inspection and review and the need for parental consent to
release personally identifiable information.
Accommodations
Adjustments made in how a student with a disability is taught or tested. They do not
change what the student is taught or what he is expected to know.
Accommodations (examples)
highlighted textbooks, extensions of time for a student who writes slowly, seating close
to the teacher, assistive technology
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
Under NCLB, all schools, school districts and states are required to show progress in:
reading/language arts, math, and either graduation rates or attendance rates. There are
consequences for failing to meet the criteria for two consecutive years.
Adult Students
Students age 18 and older are considered to be this, unless the student's parent or
other individual has been granted guardianship of the student under the Texas Probate
Code
Alternative Education Programs (AEPs)
Disciplinary programs operated by school districts for students who have committed a
range of offenses specified in state law and/or in the district's Student Code of Conduct.