Who Is Eligible?

To receive special education services, students with disabilities must be at least three years old but under twenty-two years old. Hearing-impaired and visually impaired students may receive these services from birth and as long as they have not reached their twenty-second birthday by September 1 of the year of enrollment.

In order for a child to qualify for special education services, they must be found to have one of the 13 categories of special education and it must adversely affect their educational performance. 

• Autism  

• Blindness  

• Deafness  

• Emotional Disturbance  

• Hearing Impairment  

• Intellectually Challenged 

• Multiple Disabilities 

• Orthopedic Impairment  

• Other Health Impaired  

• Specific Learning Disability  

• Speech or Language Impairment  

• Traumatic Brain Injury   

• Visual Impairment

Students who are eligible for special education and related services are provided these services as determined by the Admission, Review and Dismissal (ARD) Committee and detailed in the Individual Education Plan (IEP). 

HELPFUL LINKS

SB139 Notice to Families (English)

SB139 Notice to Families (Spanish)

SpedTex Website (www.spedtex.org)

Child Find Information

Transition-to-Adulthood

Transition-to-Adulthood SPANISH

Legal Framework (http://framework.esc18.net/display/Webforms/ESC18-FW-LandingPage.aspx)

Notice of Procedural Safeguards

Aviso Sobre Procedimientos de Protección

Parent’s Guide to the ARD Process

Guía Para Padres

TEA Special Education Resources

Compensatory Services One Pager English

Servicios Compensatorios One Pager Espanol

HJISD Special Education Operating Procedures (coming soon)