STAAR ALT 2

 Texas definition of a student with a significant cognitive disability is a student who:

• exhibits significant intellectual and adaptive behavior deficits in their ability to plan, comprehend, and reason, and ALSO indicates adaptive behavior deficits that limit their ability to apply social and practical skills such as personal care, social problem-solving skills, dressing, eating, using money, and other functional skills across life domains;

• is NOT identified based on English learner designation or solely on the basis of previous low academic achievement or the need for accommodations; and

• requires extensive, direct, individualized instruction, as well as a need for substantial supports that are neither temporary nor specific to a particular content area.