Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0520-04-03-.02 - STANDARDS OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION TO THE TENNESSEE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND WEST TENNESSEE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
(1) Students
ages three (3) through twenty-one (21) who are residents of the state of
Tennessee (Student) and who have a hearing impairment that is so significant
that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through
hearing, with or without amplification, that adversely affects a child's
educational performance, shall be eligible for admission to the Tennessee
School for the Deaf and West Tennessee School for the Deaf.
(2) A student who meets one (1) or more of
the following hearing impairments shall be eligible for admission to the
Tennessee School for the Deaf or West Tennessee School for the Deaf:
(a) A permanent or fluctuating hearing
threshold level evidenced by:
1. An unaided
hearing threshold level of 30 dB or greater based on the pure tone average of
500, 1000, and 2000 Hz in the better ear;
2. A high frequency hearing threshold level
of 30 dB or greater based on the pure tone average of 1000, 2000 and 3000
Hz;
3. An unilateral hearing
threshold level of 30 dB or greater, based on the pure tone average of 500,
1000, and 2000 Hz unaided; or
4. An
auditory evoked potential response evidencing permanent hearing loss at
multiple frequencies equivalent to or in excess of the decibel hearing loss
threshold criteria for pure tone audiometric testing specified above.
(b) A hearing threshold that
interferes with progress in developmental skills or academic performance,
social-emotional development, or linguistic and communicative skills.
(c) An inability to discriminate speech
within the normal range, or a medical condition that prevents the child from
processing spoken language auditorily in spite of normal hearing.
(d) Evidence of genetic deafness history in
the student's family and early identification of progressive hearing
loss.
(3) Students with
disabilities in addition to a hearing impairment shall be eligible for
admission to the Tennessee School for the Deaf and West Tennessee School for
the Deaf.
(4) The Director of
Schools for the Tennessee School for the Deaf and West Tennessee School for the
Deaf shall admit students who meet the eligibility criteria, provided:
(a) The student has been evaluated and
referred by his or her Individual Education Program (IEP) team, that includes a
representative from the Tennessee School for the Deaf or West Tennessee School
for the Deaf, upon the IEP team's determination that the Tennessee School for
the Deaf or West Tennessee School for the Deaf will provide the student a free
appropriate public education in the student's least restrictive environment;
and
(b) The student meets the
criteria in the Tennessee Schools for the Deaf Policy 6.2030, School Admissions
and Enrollment.
(5) The
student's district of origin and the Tennessee School for the Deaf or West
Tennessee School for the Deaf shall annually sign a placement agreement that
outlines the responsibilities of the district of origin and Tennessee School
for the Deaf or West Tennessee School for the Deaf regarding the student's free
and appropriate public education and services provided pursuant to the
student's IEP.
(6) Student
admittance to the Tennessee School for the Deaf residential program shall be
based on the school's Policy 3.7000, Residential Program.
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. ยงยง 49-10-701, 49-10-901, 49-10-902, and 49-50-1001, et seq.
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