Learning Disabilities Criteria Update

Note from DPI:
The new SLD rule, effective December 1, 2010, applies only to referrals received on or after that date. For referrals received prior to December 1, 2010, LEAs may use the previous SLD criteria and the old ER-2 form.

Last week's email stated that the three additional roles for IEP team membership will not be required to be implemented until such time that a school building has made the switch to using RtI as a part of the determination for SLD eligibility. We want to clarify that as we considered the implications of immediate implementation of this requirement, we were concerned that its effect would be to force districts and buildings into using RtI before they are required or perhaps ready to implement this part of the rule. Schools should be moving toward implementation of a RtI model but have three years before they are required to have the system fully in place.