Specifications include, but are not limited to: The State will award contracts to up to 30 assessment specialists for the entire scope to include the following priorities: • Review, revise, and update six eligibility areas (i.e., Other Health Impairment, Intellectually Gifted, Deaf-Blindness, Hearing Impairment, Deafness, and Visual Impairment) for students with suspected educational disabilities, ensuring the State is employing best practices for assessment. • Develop, revise, and condense guidance resources to support local education agencies (LEAs) in identifying students with educational disabilities in these identified eligibility areas. • Six applicants who yield the highest scores in each of the identified eligibility categories will be asked to serve as task force leads. If an applicant does not want to be considered as a task force lead, the applicant should note that in the application.
