Gwen Shelton
Director of Special Services
gshelton@azleisd.net
300 Roe Street
Azle, TX 76020
817-444-2851

Services Provided by the Azle ISD Special Services Department

1. Section 504
2. Homebound
3. Child Find
4. Vision Services
   
5. Hearing Services – Regional School for the Deaf – FWISD
6. Dyslexia

Contact the Azle ISD Curriculum Department for Bilingual/ESL and Gifted/Talented services.

• Procedural Safeguards (English)
• Procedural Safeguards (Spanish)
  
  
• ARD Process Guide (English)
• ARD Process Guide (Spanish)
  
  
• Texas Transition and Employment Guide (English)
• Texas Transition and Employment Guide (Spanish)
  
  
• Special Education in Texas A-Z Index

The Special Education Information Center (SPEDTex) provides resources and interactive features for increasing family awareness of disabilities and special education processes, with the goal of improving partnerships between schools and families.

Contact information:
Phone: 1-855-773-3839
Email: inquire@spedtex.org
Live Chat: www.spedtex.org

Policy EHBA(LEGAL)
No qualified student with a disability shall, on the basis of disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination under any district service, program, or activity. 42 U.S.C. 12132; 29 U.S.C. 794(a); 34 C.F.R. 104.4(a) [See also Policy FB]

Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)

Eligible students with disabilities shall enjoy the right to a free appropriate public education, which may include instruction in the regular classroom, instruction through special teaching, or instruction through approved contracts. Instruction shall be supplemented by the provision of related services when appropriate. Education Code 29.003(a)