This document provides an overview of Eligibility Determination. If you do not need an overview, skip this page and proceed with documenting Eligibility Determination.
What is Eligibility Determination?
Eligibility Determination is a comprehensive screen used for a variety of tasks related to whether a student is eligible for 504 or IDEA services. This includes:
Completing the Eligibility Criteria Worksheet
Recording decisions (whether the student is eligible for 504 or IDEA services) in the Eligibility Worksheet.
Completing the Evaluation Summary Report (for IDEA only).
For background on common scenarios, please see eCSSS Eligibility Scenarios.
Important Information about Eligibility Determination
Evaluation Worksheet - Please complete Evaluation Worksheet (in Evaluation Status) before proceeding.
Activating 504 Plan or IEP - Completing the Eligibility Determination is a key step required before activating a 504 Plan or activating an IEP.
Evaluation Summary Report - For IDEA, some of the information entered into this screen becomes the Evaluation Summary Report, which is a printed form that is sent to the parent. For 504, there is no such report.
Tabs in Eligibility Determination
The five tabs in the Eligibility Determination screen are:
Current Performance
- Displays Current
Performance developed by the team. For
IDEA, this is read-only and cannot be edited. For section 504, additional Current
Performance information may be added.
Assessment Summary
- Displays summary of all
assessments provided by team members. This is read-only and cannot
be edited.
Evaluation Summary
Decision / Date Fields - Displays decisions made by the team
regarding evaluation. This information comes from the Evaluation Worksheet
and cannot be edited.
Evaluation Summary Field (for
IDEA only) - During the Conference–Eligibility,
the Student Team must compose
a summary of the student's challenges. This summary is based on previously
gathered information, including the Current
Performance and the Assessment Summary.
Eligibility Decision
Eligibility Criteria Worksheet - Worksheets used to guide the
team to a decision regarding eligibility.
Eligibility Determination -
This is the team's statement regarding the student's eligibility for
services.
Key Dates - Important dates.
See instructions: