The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all students requiring special education pursuant to § 10-76a, except in the rare case when the planning and placement team for an individual student determines that an alternate assessment as specified by the State Board of Education is appropriate. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to (1) any limited English proficient student, as defined in Title VII of the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994, P.L. 103-382, enrolled in school for ten school months or less, or (2) any limited English proficient student enrolled in school for more than ten school months and less than twenty school months who scores below the level established by the State Board of Education on the linguistic portion of the designated English mastery standard assessment administered in the month prior to the administration of the mastery examination, pursuant to § 10-14n.