La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXI-3303

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section CXI-3303 - Special Education Students

A. All special education students must participate in statewide assessments. Students are to take the test that corresponds to the grade in which they are enrolled. Special education students who meet specific participation criteria as stated in Bulletin 1530 Louisiana IEP Handbook for Students with Disabilities and whose Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) indicate they will participate in an alternate assessment may participate in the LEAP Alternate Assessment, Level 1 (LAA 1). The assessment in which the student is to participate and any accommodations the student is to receive for instruction and assessment must be documented annually on the program/services page of the students IEP. Test accommodations cannot be different from or in addition to the accommodations indicated on the students IEP and provided in regular classroom instruction and assessment.

1. Individualized Education Plan. According to the 2004 amendments to the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), accommodations are provided in regular classroom instruction based on a student's needs and are documented in the student's IEP.

2. New accommodations or changes to an accommodation for a statewide assessment shall, to the extent practicable, be recorded on a students IEP form 30 days prior to the start of testing.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXI-3303

Promulgated by the Department of Education, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 31:1560 (July 2005), amended by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 32:239 (February 2006), LR 36:983 (May 2010), LR 38:37 (January 2012), Amended by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 32:239 (February 2006), LR 36:983 (May 2010), LR 38:37 (January 2012), LR 40:2515 (12/1/2014).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:1945.