At risk means at risk of dropping out.
Texas State Program
At-Risk Criteria:
- Students in PreK through grade 2 who did not perform satisfactory on reading readiness
- Students in grade 7-12 who did not maintain a grade of 70 in two or more foundation subjects
- Students who failed a grade
- Student who are pregnant or parents
- Students who have been placed in alternative education programs
- Students who have been expelled
- Students on parole or probation or other conditional release
- Students who have previously dropped out
- Students with limited English proficiency
- Students in custody or care of Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
- Students who are homeless
- Students who have been in residential placement facility
- Students in accelerated or dyslexia programs
- Students in grade 7-12 who did not maintain a grade of 70 in two or more foundation subjects
- Students who failed a grade
- Student who are pregnant or parents
- Students who have been placed in alternative education programs
- Students who have been expelled
- Students on parole or probation or other conditional release
- Students who have previously dropped out
- Students with limited English proficiency
- Students in custody or care of Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
- Students who are homeless
- Students who have been in residential placement facility
- Students in accelerated or dyslexia programs
Texas List of Disabilities that Qualify for SPED:
- Auditory Impairment (AI)
- Autism (AU)
- Deaf-Blindness (DB)
- Emotional Disturbance (ED)
- Intellectual Disability (ID) (formerly called Mental Retardation)
- Multiple Disabilities (MD)
- Orthopedic Impairment (OI)
- Other Health Impairment (OHI)
- Learning Disability (LD)
- Speech Impairment (SI)
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Visual Impairment (VI)
- Non-Categorical Early Childhood (NCEC)
504 Eligibility
Under §504 in the public schools, we look for kids with physical or mental impairments that substantially limit their major life activities in a way that impacts their functioning in the school setting to the point of needing an individualized and systematic plan of accommodations and services.
Examples:
* ADD kids who do not qualify for, or need, special education
* Students with Diabetes, Asthma, other chronic conditions affecting physical ability to function at school
* Dyslexic kids who are not LD, but who are substantially limited in their academic functioning at school as a result of their dyslexia
* Temporarily disabled kids (if the temporary disability substantially limits a major life activity relevant in the school setting, and if the disability will be present more than 6 months—based on ADA amendments of 2009)
* Certain chemical sensitivities or allergies substantially limiting students’ ability to access, or function in, the school setting
Not Examples:
* LEP kids
* Low socioeconomic status
* Family/social circumstances
Examples:
* ADD kids who do not qualify for, or need, special education
* Students with Diabetes, Asthma, other chronic conditions affecting physical ability to function at school
* Dyslexic kids who are not LD, but who are substantially limited in their academic functioning at school as a result of their dyslexia
* Temporarily disabled kids (if the temporary disability substantially limits a major life activity relevant in the school setting, and if the disability will be present more than 6 months—based on ADA amendments of 2009)
* Certain chemical sensitivities or allergies substantially limiting students’ ability to access, or function in, the school setting
Not Examples:
* LEP kids
* Low socioeconomic status
* Family/social circumstances