Claiborne County Department

of Special Education

Sherry Rowe
Supervisor of Special Education

Email: Sherry.Rowe@claibornecsd.org
(423) 626-7979
Phone
(423) 626-1977
Fax

The Claiborne County Department of Special Education will provide a free appropriate public education to all disabled students ages 3-21 who reside within the jurisdiction of Claiborne County. Appropriate instruction and special education services will be provided in accordance with the "Rules, Regulations, and Minimum Standards" of the Tennessee State Board of Education.

The Claiborne County Special Education Department and the Claiborne County Board of Education assures that all children with disabilities living within the school district will be able to obtain a free, appropriate public education that will provide special education and related services to meet the individual needs of the student. The rights of disabled children and their parents are protected. The aims of the Special Education Department of Claiborne County are as follows:

1	To establish and carry out a comprehensive screening and assessment plan that emphasized early identification and evaluation of disabled students.
2	To use Individualized Education Program (IEP) Teams to review assessment, formulate programs, and determine placement for disabled students. IEP teams will also review proposed suspensions when deemed appropriate and make decisions in accordance with the State Board of Education Rules, Regulations, and Minimum Standards.
3	To ensure that placements are made which educate disabled children in the least restrictive environment and in their home shool with non-disabled peers to the maximum extent possible.
4	To provide support for disabled students who are placed in the general education classroom. This support may take the form of consultation and technical support for the regular education teacher, a special education teaching assistant assigned to the regulate education classroom, a special education/regular education co-teaching situation, or other staffing arrangements which provide support for the regular education teacher and the special education student assigned to the regular education classroom. Also, consideration will be given to the class size of the regular education teacher who has special education students placed in the general education setting, with a lower class size depending upon the number and severity of the the students placed in the regular education classroom.
5	To provide all disabled children with an individualized education program that is designed to meet the individual needs of the student.
6	To provide continued evaluations of each disabled child's progress with at least an annual meeting to assess progress and to complete a re-evaluation at least every three years.
7	To ensure that procedural safeguards required by state and federal laws are strictly followed.
8	To include and involve parents to the extent that they understand the process of referral, identification, and placement of their child within the special education program.