Auburn students with disabilities, ages 3 to 21, may receive special
education and related services in each elementary school, middle school,
and high school, and through home/hospital instruction. In addition,
services for some students may be contracted for and provided by other
school districts or approved outside agencies through inter-local service
agreements.
Special education programs are non-categorical in the sense that each
student is placed in the program best suited to deliver the services
specified in the student's IEP, regardless of the student's
disability. Program placement decisions are made in accordance with
the concept of educating students with disabilities in the least
restrictive environment. Each student has access to an appropriate
learning environment and an opportunity for education with non-disabled
students to the maximum extent appropriate within his or her neighborhood
school or as close as possible to his or her neighborhood school.
More supportive program options are offered in neighboring districts with
whom the Auburn School District contracts with for students whose needs
extend beyond available district services.
Students may receive special education services if they meet one or
more of the eligibility criteria for students with disabilities as defined
by Chapter 392-172 of the Washington Administrative Code (WAC),
demonstrate that the disability adversely impacts their educational
performance in the general education program, and require specially
designed instruction. The eligibility categories include:
developmentally delayed, emotionally/behaviorally disabled, communication
disordered, health impaired, orthopedically impaired, specific learning
disability, mental retardation, multi-disabled, deafness, hearing
impaired, visually impaired/blindness.
A new special
education federal regulation (§300.212 Public Information) requires that
the Auburn School District “must make available to parents of children
with disabilities and to the general public all documents relating to the
eligibility of the agency under part B of the Act.” Please contact Debra
White at (253) 931-4927 to obtain a copy of our
06-07 IDEA-B application.
Other programs and information:
