Special Education

Suzanna Paxton Director

Special Education and Pupil Personnel Services

All residents of Bath County from the ages of two to twenty-one, inclusive, who have a disability and are in need of special education services shall receive a free appropriate education in the least restrictive environment. Students otherwise eligible must have attained age two and not have exceeded age twenty-one by September 30. Programs and services are provided to persons identified as having autism, deaf-blindness, developmental delay, hearing impairment, intellectual disabilities, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, emotional disturbance, specific learning disabilities, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, or a visual impairment. Because special education services attempt to prepare students with disabilities to live and work in society, such students are educated with their peers to the maximum extent appropriate. Effort is made to place the student in the least restrictive environment. In determining the most appropriate setting, each student is considered on an individual basis.

Resources:

Parent's Guide to Special Education

VDOE Procedural Safeguards

Timeline Factsheet for Virginia Parents

VDOE Special Education Evaluation Process Video Guide

Student Services

Sensory Disabilities | Virginia Department of Education

Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired 

Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

McKinney-Vento

Foster Care | Project HOPE - Virginia | School of Education | W&M School of Education (wm.edu)

Special Education Advisory Committee Meeting Dates:

*Meetings will be held at the Bath County School Board Office at 5:00 p.m.

September 19, 2024

November 14, 2024

February 20, 2025

April 10, 2025