34 CFR § 300.308 - Additional group members.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s300.308"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "34 CFR § 300.308 - Additional group members."
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "300.308"
section_name: "Additional group members."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "300"
part_name: "ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "20 U.S.C. 1221e-3, 1406, 1411-1419, and 3474; Pub. L. 111-256, 124 Stat. 2643; unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 46753, Aug. 14, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "300"
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# 300.308 Additional group members.

The determination of whether a child suspected of having a specific learning disability is a child with a disability as defined in § 300.8, must be made by the child's parents and a team of qualified professionals, which must include—

(a)(1) The child's regular teacher; or

(2) If the child does not have a regular teacher, a regular classroom teacher qualified to teach a child of his or her age; or

(3) For a child of less than school age, an individual qualified by the SEA to teach a child of his or her age; and

(b) At least one person qualified to conduct individual diagnostic examinations of children, such as a school psychologist, speech-language pathologist, or remedial reading teacher.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3; 1401(30); 1414(b)(6))