[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR300.122]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
            REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 300--ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B--State and Local Eligibility
 
Sec.  300.122  Exception to FAPE for certain ages.

    (a) General. The obligation to make FAPE available to all children 
with disabilities does not apply with respect to the following:
    (1) Children aged 3, 4, 5, 18, 19, 20, or 21 in a State to the 
extent that its application to those children would be inconsistent with 
State law or practice, or the order of any court, respecting the 
provision of public education to children in one or more of those age 
groups.
    (2)(i) Students aged 18 through 21 to the extent that State law does 
not require that special education and related services under Part B of 
the Act be provided to students with disabilities who, in the last 
educational placement prior to their incarceration in an adult 
correctional facility--
    (A) Were not actually identified as being a child with a disability 
under Sec.  300.7; and
    (B) Did not have an IEP under Part B of the Act.
    (ii) The exception in paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this section does not 
apply to students with disabilities, aged 18 through 21, who--
    (A) Had been identified as a child with disability and had received 
services in accordance with an IEP, but who left school prior to their 
incarceration; or
    (B) Did not have an IEP in their last educational setting, but who 
had actually been identified as a ``child with a disability'' under 
Sec.  300.7.

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    (3)(i) Students with disabilities who have graduated from high 
school with a regular high school diploma.
    (ii) The exception in paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section does not 
apply to students who have graduated but have not been awarded a regular 
high school diploma.
    (iii) Graduation from high school with a regular diploma constitutes 
a change in placement, requiring written prior notice in accordance with 
Sec.  300.503.
    (b) Documents relating to exceptions. The State must have on file 
with the Secretary--
    (1)(i) Information that describes in detail the extent to which the 
exception in paragraph (a)(1) of this section applies to the State; and
    (ii) A copy of each State law, court order, and other documents that 
provide a basis for the exception; and
    (2) With respect to paragraph (a)(2) of this section, a copy of the 
State law that excludes from services under Part B of the Act certain 
students who are incarcerated in an adult correctional facility.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(1)(B))