A child with a disability is a child evaluated and determined to be eligible for special education services for intellectual disabilities, a hearing impairment including deafness, a speech or language impairment, a visual impairment including blindness, emotional disturbance, an orthopedic impairment, autism, traumatic brain injury, other health impairment, a specific learning disability, or Deaf/blindness.

Special education is specially designed instruction provided at no cost to parents that meets the unique needs of each student that is identified with a disability. Special education includes instruction in the classroom, in the home, in hospitals, institutions and other settings, physical education, travel training, and vocational education.

Related services are services such as transportation and developmental, corrective, and other supportive services as are required to assist a child with a disability to fully benefit from special education.

For more information at your local school, please contact the Lead Teacher listed at her home school.

This notice is addressed to all former Special Education students and parents that were ever enrolled in the Hart County School System.

Data collected and maintained on you or your child is no longer needed to provide educational services once the special education student reaches the age of 21. You have the right to receive copies of all information.

The school system will retain the permanent record that includes the student's name, address, telephone number, his/her grades, attendance record, classes attended, grade level completed, and year completed. This information will be maintained without time limit.

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Sandra Adams, Special Education Director, at  706-376-4209. Immediately after the student's 21st birthday, all special education records will be destroyed if the Special Education office is not notified.