The Brentwood School District, in Compliance with Special School of St. Louis County, is required to provide q free and appropriate public education to all students with disabilities, including those attending private/parochial schools, beginning on the child's third birthday through age twenty-one (21), regardless of the child's disability. Disabilities include: learning disabilities, mental retardation, behavior disorders/emotional disturbance, speech disorders (voice, fluency or articulation), language disorders, visual impairment, hearing impairment, physical/other health impairment, multi-disabilities, deaf/blind, autism, early childhood special education, and traumatic brain injury.

The Brentwood School District assures 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 Missouri's First Steps Program.

The Brentwood School District and Special School District are required to provide parents the right to inspect and review personally identifiable information collected and used or maintained by the Districts relating to their children. Parents the right to request amendments of the records if they feel the information is inaccurate, misleading or violates the privacy or other rights of their children. Parents have the right to file complaints with the U.S. Department of Education or the State Department of Education concerning alleged failures by the Districts to meet the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

The Districts have developed a Local Compliance Plan for implementation of Special Education and this Plan is available for public review during regular school hours on days school is in session in the office of the Superintendent of Schools.

Local school districts in the State of Missouri are required to conduct an annual census of all children with disabilities or suspected disabilities from birth through age twenty-one (21) who reside in the District. This census must be complied by December 1 each year. This information is treated as confidential and must include: name of child, parent/legal guardian's name/address; birth date and age of the child; the child's disability and services provided to the child. If you have a child with a disability or know of a child with a disability who is not attending public school, please contact the Brentwood School District, 962-4507 or Special School District of St. Louis County.