Exceptional Student Services
In public and charter schools, student rights to accommodations and services are protected by the Disability Act of 1973 (section 504) and the Office of Civil Rights. At LFNO, we strive to meet the needs of diverse learners by supporting and empowering all students to work toward rigorous and meaningful goals to ensure equitable access in a French immersion setting.
Range of Services
Special Education
Special education is instruction, at no cost to parents, that is specially designed to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability and can include a variety of related services in and out of the classroom (Bulletin 1508). Education is individually developed to address a child’s specific needs that result from his or her exceptionality. Special Education falls under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children. To learn more about IDEA, please click here.
Response to Intervention
Students move through "tiers" based on data collected during interventions and the collaboration of the SAT/SBLC. Interventions conducted at each level should be monitored with fidelity for a period of 6-9 weeks before any decisions to continue, discontinue, adjust, or increase RTI plans are made by the team.
LFNO Response to Intervention Handbook | DOWNLOAD
Intervention Referral Flow Chart | DOWNLOAD
ESS Resources
- Title 28 Education Part 1 (Bulletin 1508)
- SELF PPR | DOWNLOAD
- LFNO Special Education Program Description 22-23 SY| DOWNLOAD
- SpED Parent FAQs | DOWNLOAD
- LADOE – 504/IAP Document | DOWNLOAD
- Lycée 504 Notification of Parent and Student Rights | DOWNLOAD
- For information regarding the Early Resolution Process, Formal Complaints, Mediation and Due Process, please see the Louisiana Department of Education’s Dispute Resolution website or the Louisiana’s Rights of Children with Disabilities handbook.
- Communication Challenges & Challenging Behaviors session (recorded the week of 4.27.20) | CLICK HERE