HAR §8-60-40. Additional group members

The determination of whether a student suspected of having a specific learning disability is a student with a disability as defined in section 8-60-39(k), shall be made by the student's parents and a team of qualified professionals, which shall include: (1) (A) The student's regular teacher; (B) If the student does not have a regular teacher, a regular classroom teacher qualified to teach a student of his or her age; or (C) For a student of less than school age, an individual qualified by the department to teach a student of his or her age; and (2) At least one person qualified to conduct individual diagnostic examinations of students, such as a school psychologist, speech-language pathologist, or remedial reading teacher. [Eff 11/23/09] (Auth: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3; 1401(30); 1414(b)(6); HRS §302A-1112) (Imp: 34 C.F.R. §300.308)