• Special Education Eligibility

    Special education is a program designed to meet the unique educational needs of children with disabilities who meet eligibility criteria under the law. Special education services can begin at birth and continue until the age of twenty-two (22). Children may receive special education services under one of the following eligibilities:

    • autism or autistic-like behaviors
    • deaf-blindness
    • deafness
    • emotional disturbance
    • hearing impairment
    • multiple disabilities
    • orthopedic impairment
    • other health impairment
    • specific learning disabilities
    • speech or language impairment
    • traumatic brain injury
    • visual impairment including blindness