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Special Education

Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m.
Phone: 337-521-7228 | 337-521-7125

Location: 
202 Rue Iberville
Lafayette, LA 70508

Holly Ortego, Director

Special Education Goals and Purposes

  • It is the goal of the Lafayette Parish School System to provide full educational opportunities to all students with disabilities and exceptionalities, ages 3-21, residing within its jurisdiction. LPSS also provides a free, appropriate public education to each eligible exceptional child, ages 3-21 residing within its jurisdiction.

Information about Special Education

  • In October of 1990 the Education For All Handicapped Children Act was reauthorized and renamed Individuals with Disabilities Education Act which is now know known as IDEA.
  • The Every Student Succeeds Act is a US law passed in December 2015 that governs the United States K–12 public education policy. The law replaced its predecessor, the No Child Left Behind Act, and modified but did not eliminate provisions relating to the periodic standardized tests given to students.
  • A wide range of services for students with disabilities are available to elementary and secondary school age children.
  • The LPSS Department of Special Education provides services to our students with gifted and talented exceptionalities.
  • IDEA lists 13 different disability categories under which 3- through 21-year-olds may be eligible for services. The disability categories listed in IDEA are:
    autism
    deaf-blindness
    development delay
    deaf and/or hard of hearing
    emotional disturbance
    intellectual disability
    multiple disabilities
    orthopedic impairment
    other health impairment
    specific learning disability
    speech or language impairment
    traumatic brain injury
    visual impairment (including blindness)

Elementary and secondary programs utilize various organizational structures, including inclusion, self-contained classes, resource rooms, combination self-contained and itinerant services. Each self-contained class has one teacher and one or more assistants. Placement depends upon the disability and needs of the students and is determined by the IEP committee.

Upcoming Events

OCT
14

Fall Break

Start: Oct 14, 2024 End: Oct 15, 2024

Multi-Day Event

OCT
16

Progress/Report Cards

All Day Event

OCT
16

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