All disabled students in the Shelby County Schools system, regardless of the severity and the nature of the disability, shall be provided with a free and appropriate public education.

Students with disabilities shall be educated in the least restrictive environment. In order to assure that each disabled child is appropriately educated within the least restrictive environment, support services are provided to assure that he/she can derive educational benefit.

The needs of certain students are so great that special instructional services or special facilities are necessary beyond that of the regular classroom. Any educational placement, other than the regular classroom, is made only when it has been determined by the Individual Education Plan (IEP) Team that such placement is appropriate. Parents or legal guardians have a right to due process procedures if they feel that such placement is not appropriate.

Home or hospital instruction shall be provided to any student with an impairment which, in the opinion of a licensed medical examiner, will cause him/her to be absent from school for an extended period of time.

Shelby County Schools will comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

T.C.A. §62-7-112
42 U.S.C. 12101 - Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Adopted 02/24/77
Revised 07/26/79
Revised 10/29/81
Revised 02/27/97
Revised 06/29/00
Revised 02/27/03
Revised 09/16/04