Thank you, HowlerKarma -

Lillie-Felton is even new to me. That's very helpful.

http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/elig.sld.osep.felton.htm

Now I need to read the fine print about when a child's performance is at (or even above) grade level but she still has a learning disability.

And it is interesting that disability is federal while gifted is state or local... gifted is never considered a barrier to learning? That's mostly a rhetorical question. Mostly, but I know there are plenty of studies showing underachievement and elevated drop-out rates for underchallenged gifted students.