The School Board shall provide for a comprehensive, free and appropriate public education to all eligible educationally disabled students, unless they have completed the twelfth grade and been issued a diploma or have reached their twenty-second (22^nd) birthday.

The Board also shall provide such supplemental aids and related services as may be necessary for a disabled child to receive such an education in the regular classroom environment, if appropriate.

The Board directs the Superintendent to plan, implement, and coordinate a special education program in accordance with Federal and State law.

The Board of School Trustees shall enter into an agreement with the Johnson County Special Services to provide any or all of the special education program.

The Superintendent shall prepare whatever administrative guidelines are necessary to ensure effective implementation of the special education program.

It is the position of the Board of School Trustees and its administration that the primary responsibility for the administration and delivery of special education programs and services should be within the Corporation and at the school a student would regularly attend, whenever appropriate.

The Board endorses a commitment to the provision of a continuum of special education programs and services to disabled students in cooperation with the Johnson County Special Services.

Placement options shall follow a continuum of services model to ensure that each disabled person is provided a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE). To that end, every attempt will be made to first serve disabled students in the context of a regular education classroom. Other more restrictive environments such as: resource rooms, self-contained categorical classrooms, or settings outside of a Corporation school will be considered only when placement in the regular classroom has been documented by the case conference to be inappropriate for the student's educational needs.

20 U.S.C.A. 1401 et seq.

I.C. 20-19-2-8, 9

511 IAC 7

Revised 12/10/01