Child with a Disability
| Disability Areas and Evaluation Guidelines |
Child with a disability means a child, aged 3 to 21, evaluated (in accordance with evaluation procedures)… and determined as having a disability and who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related services.
If it is determined, through an appropriate evaluation that a child has one of the disabilities identified in the regulations but only needs a related service and not special education, the child is not a child with a disability …
If, consistent with special education the related service required by the child is considered special education rather than a related service under State standards, the child would be determined to be a child with a disability.
RI Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilites, 2013
If it is determined, through an appropriate evaluation that a child has one of the disabilities identified in the regulations but only needs a related service and not special education, the child is not a child with a disability …
If, consistent with special education the related service required by the child is considered special education rather than a related service under State standards, the child would be determined to be a child with a disability.
RI Regulations Governing the Education of Children with Disabilites, 2013