Category
Adaptive Physical Education
Category
Adaptive Physical Education
State law addresses making PE inclusive, including adapted PE or accommodations when necessary.
Adapted Physical Education
Code of Maine Rules 05-071-101 Special Education Regulation
37. Special Education. Special education means specially designed instruction, at no cost to parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability, including instruction conducted in the classroom, in the home, in hospitals and institutions, and in other settings; and instruction in physical education. Special education includes each of the following if the services otherwise meet the requirements of the first paragraph: speech-language pathology services, travel training, and vocational education. [34 CFR 300.39(a)] Special education does not include general education procedures that are a part of formal general education intervention as elsewhere referenced in these rules.
Maine Revised Statutes 20-A 7001. Definitions
5. Special Education. “Special education” means specially designed instruction, at no cost to parents, to meet the unique needs of children with disabilities, as defined by the commissioner, including:
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A. Instruction conducted in the classroom, in the home, in hospitals and institutions and in other settings; and
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B. Instruction in physical education