Part B, Section 619 Eligibility
IDEA '97 expanded the age range for which a state might apply the term "developmental delay" from ages 3 through 5 to ages 3 through 9. The most recent reauthorization, the IDEA Improvement Act of 2004, clarified a state may apply the term developmental delay to the age range 3 through 9, or any subset of that range, including ages 3 through 5.
State eligibility policies for young children under Part B, ages 3 through 5 and
beyond, where noted, are summarized in Eligibility
Policies and Practices for Young Children Under Part B of IDEA
(PDF: 1060kb) (2011). This NECTAC
Notes paper includes a table with state by state policies including the use of
"developmental delay".
Other Resources on this Topic:
- Disability
Categories: State Terminology, Definitions & Eligibility Criteria
(PDF: 1,389kb) Project Forum, NASDSE,
February 2004.
- DEC
Concept Paper on Developmental Delay as an Eligibility Category, December 2009 (PDF: 371kb) .
-
DEC Position Statement on Developmental Delay as an Eligibility Category, December 2005 (PDF: 119kb) .
- Developmental
Delay: Review of Research and Future Directions - Proceedings Document
(PDF: 215kb) , Project Forum, NASDSE,
March 2001.
- Louisiana's Developmental Delay Pilot Study (2000)
- New Mexico's TA Document for the Category of
Developmentally Delayed and Use of Professional Judgment
(PDF: 1,796kb) (1999) -- Posted with the permission of
María Landázuri, former 619 Co-Coordinator for the New Mexico
Department of Education.
- Section 619 of Part B of IDEA Child Count Tables: Child Count data is one measure that can assist states in determining performance related to early identification and provision of services to children with disabilities, ages 3-5 years. This data is available for several fiscal years and the reports provide data on the number and percentage of children ages 3-5 served by disability and race/ethnicity.
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