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Coronavirus and Schools: New BSE Guidance on Evaluations Hits the Mark

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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Attached is new pandemic-related Question and Answer guidance on the subject of evaluations and reevaluations, which the Bureaus of Special Education and Early Intervention Bureau of Special Education posted on the Pennsylvania Department of Education's website today.

This guidance offers a very accurate and thorough summary of the law and best practice on this thorny subject, including the evaluation of students transitioning from preschool to school-age programming and the use of the “Developmental Delay” label.