I am really impressed with Colorado's system.
It truly isn't all of CO that is so accommodating. We live in CO too and have been told that 2e kids often qualify for neither GT nor special ed. We have a 2e dd who is HG with ADD and maybe something else going on. We had to fight tooth and nail to get the district to accept a 99.9th GAI for an ability score for GT id. She has qualifying achievement scores for math, science, writing and reading, but her only id thus far is gifted in reading b/c the WISC doesn't have subtests for math, for instance. For a general intellectual ability id, they need achievement in science, math, social studies, and reading as well as ability subtests for math and verbal not just composite.
Even with the id, our district now contends on their FAQ page that GT id doesn't guarantee any services if the achievement piece is not consistently in place. The special ed dept tells me that, if the achievement piece is not well below average, that special ed also isn't possible.
I'm glad that you're having better luck, though!
