Glossary

In general, child find means all children with disabilities residing in the State, including children with disabilities who are homeless children or are wards of the State and children with disabilities attending private schools, regardless of the severity of their disabilities, and who are in need of special education and related services, are identified, located, and evaluated and a practical method is developed and implemented to determine which children with disabilities are currently receiving needed special education and related services.

Source: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004

A child—(i) with mental retardation, hearing impairments (including deafness), speech or language impairments, visual impairments (including blindness), serious emotional disturbance (referred to in this title as `emotional disturbance'), orthopedic impairments, autism, traumatic brain injury, other health impairments, or specific learning disabilities; and (ii) who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related services.

Source: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004

A written and signed allegation that includes the facts on which the allegation is based, by an individual or an organization, that there is a violation of any of the following: (i) Any current provision of these rules. (ii) 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1 et seq., as it pertains to special education programs and services. (iii) The individuals with disabilities education act of 2004, 20 U.S.C., chapter 33, §1400 et seq., and the regulations implementing the act, 34 C.F.R. part 300 and 34 C.F.R. part 303. (iv) An intermediate school district plan. (v) An individualized education program team report, hearing officer decision, administrative law judge decision, or court decision regarding special education programs or services. (vi) The state application for federal funds under the individuals with disabilities education act. (d) “Department” means the state department of education. (e) “Departmentalize” means a delivery system in which 2 or more special education teachers teach groups of students with disabilities by instructional content areas.

Source: Michigan Administrative Rules for Special Education Supplemented With IDEA Federal Regulations, April 2009 

Consent  means that (a) The parent has been fully informed of all information relevant to the activity for which consent is sought, in his or her native language, or other mode of communication; (b) The parent understands and agrees in writing to the carrying out of the activity for which his or her consent is sought, and the consent describes that activity and lists the records (if any) that will be released and to whom; and (c)(1) The parent understands that the granting of consent is voluntary on the part of the parent and may be revoked at anytime. (2) If a parent revokes consent, that revocation is not retroactive (i.e., it does not negate an action that has occurred after the consent was given and before the consent was revoked). (3) If the parent revokes consent in writing for their child’s receipt of special education services after the child is initially provided special education and related services, the public agency is not required to amend the child’s education records to remove any references to the child’s receipt of special education and related services because of the revocation of consent. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1414(a)(1)(D)

Source: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004