Special Services

Continuum of Services

Santa Fe ISD offers a continuum of services based on the individual needs of the student. The following list provides some examples of programing options.

Itinerant services for students who need assistance in special areas such as vision, hearing, adapted PE, orientation and mobility training or speech.
General education classroom support (direct and indirect), Co Teaching or Inclusion support
Resource/targeted intervention services for students who need specialized instruction with a lower student to teacher ratio
Various Self-contained classes for students who need specialized instruction
Infant program for students birth through age two with hearing and/or vision impairments who can benefit from special instruction through home and/or center-based services.
Early Childhood Special Education for students ages three to five who require early intervention.
Hospital/homebound program for students who are to be out of school for four or more weeks due to an accident, illness or have chronic illness that results in frequent absences.
Regional Day School Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing for students with hearing impairments who need specialized instructional and related services.
Transition planning/programming to prepare students to exit public school with vocational skills acquired for their success.
Related services identified through the ARD/IEP process to support students are as follows:

Counseling

Special transportation

Occupational therapy

Physical therapy

Special Education Rules and Regulations

Homelessness McKinney-Vento Act

Every Local Education Agency must designate an appropriate staff person as a local homeless education liaison and submit that person's name to the Texas Education Agency(TEA). The Homeless Liaison is avialable to help campuses and students with the enrollment of students experiencing homelessness. Santa Fe ISD uses a student residency questionaire and interviews to help determine whether or not a student qualifies as homeless under the McKinney-Vento Act.

For additional Information contact:

Any campus registrar
Lois Henderson - Jones LMSW - Santa Fe ISD at (409-925-9075
Melissa Ward- Director of ALC (409)925-9401

Homebound Services

If the student is confined to a hospital outside of the Santa Fe Independent School District’s boundaries, the parent should contact the hospital to inquire what educational services are available.
The student’s Section 504 committee and/or ARD/IEP determines appropriate services.
The student may be served in the student’s home.
Homebound services do not “roll over” to the following school year. A new determination is made each based on the student's medical condition and guidelines issued by TEA.
Every new school year, determination of Homebound services will start over.
The campus contact will need new documentation (consent for release of information as well as updated health information) from the student’s parent and doctor.

For more information about Homebound service, please contact your child's campus counselor.

Texas Education Agency (TEA) Resources

Child Find

CHILD FIND SANTA FE I.S.D.

SFISD is responsible for identifying, locating, and evaluating all children (ages 3-21) with disabilities who are in need of special education and related services within the school district’s boundaries, even if not currently attending SFISD schools.

For more information, please visit: https://childfindtx.tea.texas.gov/

SB 139 Notice English

SB 139 Notice Spanish

If you need to schedule a Child Find Evaluation, please call 409-925-9050.