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Links to the Special Education Regulations for some of these states are listed below:

-Idaho Ed Code – Page 80 states “Cognitive Impairment”



- Michigan Ed Code – Page 3 states “Cognitive Impairment”



- New Jersey Ed Code – Page 35 states “Cognitively Impaired” – Mild, Moderate,

Severe



- Indiana (Page 53 states “Mental Disability” Mild/Moderate/Severe)



- Wisconsin Ed Code (Page 19 makes reference to Cognitive Disability) (This was

changed in approx. 1990)



- Georgia Ed Code (Page 1 and 6 make reference to Intellectual Disability – Mild,

Moderate, Severe, Profound)



- Minnesota Ed Code refers to Developmental Cognitive Disability



- Montana Ed Code – Page 29 refers to Cognitive Delay



- Nebraska Ed Code makes reference to Mental Handicap



- Utah uses Intellectual Disability (page 29)



- Wyoming uses “Mental Disability” (Page 29)



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