Laws
Hawaii Process
Special Education Terms
Eligibility
100

This education law defines special education and spells out what schools must provide to students with disabilities. 

What is IDEA?

100

This is needed to begin many of the steps in the special education process

What is consent

100


This is the term for the requirement for schools to provide special education and related services at public expense, under public supervision and direction, and without charge

What is FAPE?

200

This law requires equal assess through reasonable accommodations

What is Section 504?

200

In Hawaii, this is the name of the document that gives advance information about what the school is proposing or refusing to do

What is a Prior Written Notice (PWN)

200

This term means to the maximum extent appropriate, educating students with disabilities...
with students who are non-disabled and removing students with disabilities from the regular educational environment only if the nature
or severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes...cannot be achieved
satisfactorily

What is LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT

200

To be eligible under IDEA, a child must meet a Three-Prong Test.  This is the first requirement.

What is has a DISABILITY

300

This law protects the privacy of student records in school settings

What is FERPA

300

This notice which must be provided during a special education evaluation explains all of parental and student rights 

What is the Procedural Safeguards Notice

300

This process is triggered by a decision to change the placement of a student with a disability because of a violation of a code of student conduct to determine:
If the conduct in question was caused by, or had a direct and substantial relationship to the student’s disability; or If the conduct in question was the direct result of a failure to implement the IEP.

What is MANIFESTATION DETERMINATION

300

To be eligible under IDEA, a child must meet a Three-Prong Test.  This is the second requirement.

What is ADVERSE EFFECT

400
This state law covers Hawaii special education regulations 

What is Chapter 60

400

In Hawaii, this is the timeline to complete an initial evaluation and decide if a child needs special education

What is 60 days?

400

A request for an impartial hearing process to resolve an alleged violation relating to the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of a student with a disability or the provision of a FAPE to the student.

What is a DUE PROCESS COMPLAINT

400

To be eligible under IDEA, a child must meet a Three-Prong Test.  This is the third requirement.

What is NEED for special education

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