8 , 9 5 9 ▁were ▁identified ▁with ▁mental ▁ret ard ation ▁and ▁ 2 1 , 2 4 5 ▁students ▁with ▁aut ism . ▁The ▁largest ▁group ▁of ▁students ▁are ▁identified ▁as ▁Specific ▁Learning ▁Dis abilities ▁ 1 2 6 , 0 2 6 ▁students ▁( 4 6 . 9 ▁percent ) ▁and ▁Spe ech ▁or ▁Language ▁Imp air ments ▁with ▁ 4 3 , 5 4 2 ▁students ▁( 1 6 . 2 ▁percent ). ▁ ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁comp ly ▁with ▁state ▁and ▁federal ▁Ind ividual s ▁with ▁Dis abilities ▁Education ▁Act ▁rules ▁and ▁reg ulations , ▁the ▁school ▁district ▁eng ages ▁in ▁identification ▁procedures ▁to ▁ensure ▁that ▁el ig ible ▁students ▁receive ▁an ▁appropriate ▁educational ▁program ▁consisting ▁of ▁special ▁education ▁and ▁related ▁services , ▁individual ized ▁to ▁meet ▁student ▁needs . ▁ ▁At ▁no ▁cost ▁to ▁the ▁parents , ▁these ▁services ▁are ▁provided ▁in ▁comp liance ▁with ▁state ▁and ▁federal ▁law ; ▁and ▁are ▁reason ably ▁calculated ▁to ▁yield ▁meaning ful ▁educational ▁benefit ▁and ▁student ▁progress ▁. ▁To ▁identify ▁students ▁who ▁may ▁be ▁el ig ible ▁for ▁special ▁education ▁services , ▁various ▁screen ing ▁activities ▁are ▁conducted ▁on ▁an ▁on going ▁basis . ▁These ▁screen ing ▁activities ▁include : ▁review ▁of ▁group - based ▁data ▁( c um ulative ▁records , ▁en roll ment ▁records , ▁health ▁records , ▁report ▁cards , ▁ability ▁and ▁achiev ement ▁test ▁scores ); ▁hearing , ▁vision , ▁motor , ▁and ▁speech / language ▁screen ing ; ▁and ▁review ▁by ▁the ▁Special ▁Education ▁administration