PLEASE NOTE:
Procedures for Transition of Student with Special Needs:
MEMORANDUM REGARDING TRANSITION (PDF)
TRANSITION PROCEDURES FOR ALL SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS (PDF)

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Welcome to the Springfield Public Schools
Special Education Department Website

We are pleased that you have selected this web page for viewing and gathering information relative to special education services in Springfield. The Springfield Public Schools are committed to providing quality and appropriate special education services to help students realize their full potential, consistent with the Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) mandate of IDEA and the Springfield Public Schools’ Culture of Educational Excellence. The Springfield Public Schools strive toward the goal of providing students with disabilities a full array of educational services in the least restrictive environment and specially designed instruction that allows students to access the general education curriculum.

One of the district’s major objectives is to facilitate more effective communication regarding Special Education throughout the system. To that end, this web page has been designed. We are excited to have this tool so that people can obtain information that was not previously readily accessible. On this web site, users will find news and updates, events and trainings, calendars, procedures, laws and regulations, information for parents, and other relevant information.

Again, welcome to this web page. We hope you will join in our efforts to provide students with disabilities with a quality education that is consistent with the appropriate governing federal and state mandates.