LAC 28:XLIII.308. Specific Learning Disabilities

A. General. Consistent with 34 CFR 300.309, the LDE adopts the criteria for determining whether a student has a specific learning disability in Bulletin 1508—the Pupil Appraisal Handbook. In addition, the criteria adopted by the LDE: 1. shall not require the use of a severe discrepancy between intellectual ability and achievement for determining whether a student has a specific learning disability, as defined in §905; 2. shall permit the use of a process based on the student's response to scientific, research-based intervention; and 3. may permit the use of other alternative research-based procedures for determining whether a student has a specific learning disability, as defined in §905. B. Consistency with State Criteria. A public agency shall use the LDE criteria adopted in Subsection A of this Section consistent with 34 CFR 300.308-311 and detailed in Bulletin 1508—Pupil Appraisal Handbook in determining whether a student has a specific learning disability.