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Introduction  \n1.1. The Purpose of the Special Education Policy Manual  \n1.2. Special Education Department Vision  \n2.  Overview & Purpose of IDEA  \n2.1. Overview of IDEA  \n2.2. Definition of IDEA  \n2.3. Purposes of IDEA  \n2.4. Key Principles  \n3.  Terms, Acronyms & Definitions  \n3.1. Disability Categories  \n4.  Free and Appropriate Public Education ( FAPE)  \n4.1. FAPE Requirements  \n4.2. Exception to FAPE for Certain Ages  \n4.3. Other FAPE Requirements  \n4.3.1. Residential Placement  \n4.3.2. Assistive Technology  \n4.3.3. Nonacademic Services  \n4.3.4. Extended School Year ( ESY)  \n4.3.5. Nonacademic Settings  \n4.3.6. Technical Assistance and Training Activities  \n4.3.7. Physical Education  \n4.3.8. Program Options  \n4.3.9. Individualized Education Program  \n4.3.10. Routine checking of hearing aids and external components of surgically implanted medical devices  \n4.3.11. Child Find  \n5.  Child Find  \n5.1. Overview of Child Find  \n6.  Least Restrictive Environment ( LRE)  \n6.1. Overview of Least Restrictive Environment ( LRE)  \n6.2. Continuum of Special Education Placements  \n6.3. Nonacademic Setting  \n6.4. Technical Assistance and Training Activities  \n7.  Consent  \n7.1. Definition  \n7.2. Types of Consent  \n7.2.1. Consent for Initial Evaluation  \n7.2.2. Parental Consent for Services  \n7.2.3. Revocation of Consent  \n7.2.4. Parental Consent for Reevaluations  \n7.2.5. Other Consent Requirements  \n8.  Evaluations  \n8.1. Overview of Evaluations  \n8.2. Review of Existing Evaluation Data ( REED)  \n8.3. Request for Initial Referral/ Evaluation  \n8.4. Initial Evaluations  \n8.4.1. Timeline for Initial Referral  \n8.4.2. Exception  \n8.5. Reevaluations  \n8.5.1. Timeline for Reevaluations  \n8.5.2. Three Possible Outcomes of a Reevaluation  \n8.6. Other Evaluation Procedures  \n9.  Eligibility  \n9.1. Determining Eligibility  \n9.2. Eligibility Criteria  \n9.2.1. Special Education Eligibility  \n9.2.2. Special Education Ineligibility  \n9.3. Specific Learning Disabilities  \n9.4. Termination of Special Education Eligibility at time of Graduation or Aging Out  \n10.  The Individualized Education Program ( IEP)  \n10.1. Introduction  \n10.1.1. Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance ( PLAAFP)  \n10.1.2. Annual Goals/Objectives  \n10.1.3. Special Factors  \n10.1.4. State and District-Wide Assessments  \n10.1.5. Reporting Progress  \n10.1.6. Supplemental Aids & Services  \n10.1.7. Related Services  \n10.1.8. Participation with Nondisaled Peers  \n10.1.9. Beginning Date of Services and Supports  \n10.1.10. Transition Services  \n10.2. IEP Team  \n10.2.1. Transition Services Participants  \n10.2.2. Parent Participation  \n10.2.3. Surrogate Parent  \n10.2.4. Transfer of Parental Rights at Age of Majority  \n10.2.5. Determination of Knowledge and Special Expertise  \n10.2.6. IEP Team Attendance  \n10.3. Review and Revision of the IEP  \n11.  Transition Services  \n11.1. Definition  \n11.2. Student Participation in Transition IEP Team Meeting  \n11.3. Development of the IEP for Transition Services  \n12.  Procedural Safeguards & Due Process Procedures for Parents and Children  \n12.1. Overview  \n12.2. Contents of Procedural Safeguards  \n12.3. Independent Educational Evaluation  \n13.  Prior Written Notice  \n13.1. Overview  \n13.2. Required Components of the Prior Written Notice  \n13.3. Additional Requirements  \n13.3.1. Initial Provision of Services and Programs and Parent Consent Requirement  \n14.  Discipline and Behavior  \n14.1. Discipline and Students with Disabilities  \n14.1.1. Change in Placement Defined  \n14.1.2. Provision of FAPE past the 10th day of Disciplinary Removal  \n14.1.3. Notification  \n14.2. Manifestation Determination  \n14.3. Special Circumstances  \n14.4. Protections for Students Not Yet Identified  \n14.5. Seclusion & Restraint  \n15.  Federal, State, and District ( NHA) Compliance, Review, and Reporting  \n15.1. Overview  \n15.2. 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