(g) Applicability of definition to ESEA; and clarification of new special education teacher.
(1) A teacher who is highly qualified under this section is considered highly qualified for purposes of the ESEA.
(2) For purposes of Sec. 300.18(d)(3), a fully certified regular education teacher who subsequently becomes fully certified or licensed as a special education teacher is a new special education teacher when first hired as a special education teacher.
