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Public schools must make assistive technology devices or services available to a child when the child's special education, related services or supplementary aids require them.

Checked against its source on October 16, 2026

In the source's own words

“are made available to a child with a disability if required as a part of the child's”

34 CFR 300.105: Assistive technology, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (text of the Code of Federal Regulations), n.d., 34 CFR 300.105(a).

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What it measures
The duty applies when the technology is part of the special education, related services or supplementary aids in the child's program.
What it does not show
Paragraph (b) says home use of school-provided devices is decided case by case. The regulation does not name speech to text or any product.

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