their state policy... circumstances. Cases could include In rare cases, a students who have a student who does limb (e.g., fingers, hand, not have an IEP or arm, wrist, or shoulder); whose only 504 Plan may be pair of eyeglasses has broken; or a permitted student returning from a serious or accommodations prolonged illness or injury. If the due to an principal (or designee) determines unforeseeable that a student requires an circumstance. In emergency accommodation on the such cases, the date of the test, the Emergency student may be Accommodation Form must be allowed an completed and maintained in the accommodation student’s assessment file. The due to the parent must be notified that an barrier to emergency accommodation was accessing the provided. This form must be assessment. For submitted to the district testing example, a student coordinator to be retained in the with a fractured student’s file. Do not submit this hand may use a form to RIDE. NOTE: A student who scribe if he is needs an emergency unable to type, accommodation may or may not write or use voice have an IEP or 504 Plan. recognition software. Accommodations for a student without an IEP or 504 plan are only allowed for transitory accessibility concerns that could
their state policy... In rare cases, a student who does not have an IEP or 504 Plan may be permitted accommodations due to an unforeseeable circumstance. In such cases, the student may be allowed an accommodation due to the barrier to accessing the assessment. For example, a student with a fractured hand may use a scribe if he is unable to type, write or use voice recognition software. Accommodations for a student without an IEP or 504 plan are only allowed for transitory accessibility concerns that could circumstances. Cases could include students who have a limb (e.g., fingers, hand, arm, wrist, or shoulder); whose only pair of eyeglasses has broken; or a student returning from a serious or prolonged illness or injury. If the principal (or designee) determines that a student requires an emergency accommodation on the date of the test, the Emergency Accommodation Form must be completed and maintained in the student’s assessment file. The parent must be notified that an emergency accommodation was provided. This form must be submitted to the district testing coordinator to be retained in the student’s file. Do not submit this form to RIDE. NOTE: A student who needs an emergency accommodation may or may not have an IEP or 504 Plan.
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