Legal Question in Education Law in New York

Re: Learning Disability

According to the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) The term �specific learning disability� is defined as a disorder in one or more of the basic

psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which disorder may

manifest itself in imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations.

There is not, nor has there been, a "discrepency formula". Many states, however, have included such in their state regulations.

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