34 CFR 300.307 : Education (Parts 1-2 To Parts 1201-1299) — (§ 300.1 To Parts 397-399) — Regulations Of The Offices Of The Department Of Education (Continued) (§ 300.1 To Parts 397-399) — Office Of Special Education And Rehabilitative Services, Department Of Education (§ 300.1 To Parts 397-399) — Assistance To States For The Education Of Children With Disabilities (§ 300.1 To Appendix F To Part 300) — Evaluations, Eligibility Determinations, Individualized Education Programs, And Educational Placements (§ 300.300 To § 300.328) — Additional Procedures For Identifying Children With Specific Learning Disabilities (§ 300.307 To § 300.311) — Specific learning disabilities.

(a) General. A State must adopt, consistent with § 300.309, criteria for determining whether a child has a specific learning disability as defined in § 300.8(c)(10). In addition, the criteria adopted by the State -

(1) Must not require the use of a severe discrepancy between intellectual ability and achievement for determining whether a child has a specific learning disability, as defined in § 300.8(c)(10);

(2) Must permit the use of a process based on the child's response to scientific, research-based intervention; and

(3) May permit the use of other alternative research-based procedures for determining whether a child has a specific learning disability, as defined in § 300.8(c)(10).

(b) Consistency with State criteria. A public agency must use the State criteria adopted pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section in determining whether a child has a specific learning disability.