Who Can Recieve It

Who Can Recieve Special Education?

To qualify for special education services, a child must have a disability.

What is a Disability?
A disability is a lifelong handicapping condition often associated with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity, including education.

The child must meet State eligibility criteria in one or more of the following areas:

• Speech or Language Impairment
• Developmental Cognitive Disability: Mild-Moderate
• Developmental Cognitive Disability:  Severe-Profound
• Physical Impairment
• Deaf/ Hard of Hearing
• Visual Impairment
• Specific Learning Disability
• Emotional or Behavioral Disorder
• Deaf-Blindness
• Other Health Disability
• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Developmental Delay (Birth to Age 7)
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Severe Multiple Impairments

An evaluation is used to document the existence of a disability. Below average academic performance alone does not qualify a student for special education.

Sauk Rapids-Rice is a part of Benton-Stearns Education District (BSED).
For further information please log on to www.bentonstearns.k12.mn.us.