573-547-7500 Ext. 1352
Stacey Seabaugh
Director of Special Services
Pam Wood
Special Services Administrative Assistant
573-547-7500 Ext. 1352
Special Services
Mission Statement
It is the mission of the department of Special Services to provide equal access to, and an opportunity to benefit from an appropriate educational program for each child within the district regardless of handicapping condition. The handicap must never serve as an excuse for failure, but rather as a challenge to be met through special methods, materials, and techniques, but above all, through special effort on the part of the student and staff. The services available are intended by design to afford the student the opportunity to make educational gains dependent upon the individual ability of the student irrespective of any handicapping condition which may exist. The Special Services personnel shall strive to maintain the flexibility of the programs essential to meeting the individual needs of the youth we serve. To this end, they recognize the need to collaborate with the regular teachers, the administrators, the parents, and the community to maximize the strengths and minimize the effect of the student’s disabilities.
Notice of Free And Appropriate Public Education
All responsible public agencies are required to locate, evaluate, and identify children with disabilities who are under the jurisdiction of the agency, regardless of the severity of the disability, including children attending private schools, children who live outside the district but are attending a private school within the district, highly mobile children, such as migrant and homeless children, children who are wards of the state, and children who are suspected of having a disability and in need of special education even though they are advancing from grade to grade. Perry County School District 32 assures that it will provide a free, appropriate public education (FAPE) to all eligible children with disabilities between the ages of 3 and 21 under its jurisdiction. Disabilities include autism, deaf/blindness, emotional disorders, hearing impairment and deafness, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairments, specific learning disabilities, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment/blindness, and young child with a developmental delay.
Perry County School District 32 assures that it will provide information and referral services necessary to assist the State in the implementation of early intervention services for infants and toddlers eligible for the Missouri First Steps program.
Perry County School District 32 assures that personally identifiable information collected, used, or maintained by the agency for the purposes of identification, evaluation, placement or provision of FAPE of children with disabilities may be inspected and/or reviewed by their parents/guardians. Parents/guardians may request amendment to the educational record if the parent/guardian believes the record is inaccurate, misleading, or violates the privacy or other rights of their child. Parents have the right to file complaints with the U.S. Department of Education or the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education concerning alleged failures by the district to meet the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
Perry County School District 32 has developed a Local Compliance Plan for the implementation of State Regulations for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This plan contains the agency’s policies and procedures regarding storage, disclosure to third parties, retention and destruction of personally identifiable information, and the agency’s assurances that services are provided in compliance with the General Education Provision Act (GEPA). This plan may be reviewed Monday – Friday between the hours of 8 am – 3:30 pm.
This notice will be provided in native languages as appropriate.
Stacey Seabaugh
Director of Special Services
Perry County School District 32
573-547-7500 Ext. 1352
Early Childhood Special Education
Help For Homeless
Migrant Education
Foster Care Point of Contact
Stacey Seabaugh
Director of Special Services
573-547-7500 Ext. 1352
Further information can be found here:
Public Notice 504
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Perry County School District 32, as a recipient of federal financial assistance from the United States Department of Education and operates a public elementary or secondary education program and/or activity, is required to undertake to identify and locate every qualified person residing in the District who is not receiving a public education; and take appropriate steps to notify disabled persons and their parents or guardians of the District's duty. Perry County School District 32 assures that it will provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to each qualified disabled person in the District's jurisdiction regardless of the nature or severity of the person's disability. For purposes of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the provision of an appropriate education is the provision of regular or special and related aids and services that (i) are designed to meet individual educational needs of disabled persons as adequately as the needs of nondisabled persons are met and (ii) are based on adherence to procedures that satisfy the requirements of the 504 federal regulations.
Stacey Seabaugh
Director of Special Services
Perry County School District 32
573-547-7500 Ext. 1352
This notice will be provided in native languages as appropriate.