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Special Education Services

If your child receives special education services, please select one of the following after consulting your child's Individualized Education Program (IEP).


If your child's Individualized Education Program (IEP) adopts a 'modified promotion standard':

Then the standard promotion criteria applicable to most students do not apply. Rather, the IEP itself establishes the relevant standards for promotion.

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If your child's Individualized Education Program (IEP) adopts the standard promotion criteria set out in the Chancellor's Regulation:

Your child will be promoted from Eighth to Ninth Grade based upon a 'comprehensive assessment' of the following factors:

  • Standardized Tests: Whether your child scores at (or above) Proficiency Level 2 on the NYS assessment in Language Arts and the NYS assessment in Mathematics.
  • NYS State Learning Standards: Whether your child has met New York State Learning Standards in the following subject areas:
    • Language Arts
    • Mathematics
    • Science
    • Social Studies
  • Grades Whether your child has attained passing grades in the following subjects:
    • English
    • Mathematics
    • Science
    • Social Studies
  • Attendance Whether you child has attained 90% attendance.

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