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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 13A.08.03.05" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="03" heading="Change of Placement.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Removal constitutes a change of placement if a student with a disability is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Removed from the student's current placement for more than 10 consecutive school days; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Subjected to a series of removals that constitutes a pattern of removal that accumulates to more than 10 school days in a school year.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>To determine if the removal constitutes a pattern of removals, the IEP team shall consider the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Length of each removal;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Total amount of time the student is removed; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Proximity of the removals to one another.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>During any period of removal beyond 10 school days or its cumulative equivalent, the public agency shall provide services to the extent necessary in accordance with Regulation .03B(3) of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>