Special Education

The Enterprise School District provides special education and related services to those students who qualify by the regulations set forth by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 2004 (IDEA '04) and the Mississippi Department of Education. Eligible students are provided a free appropriate public education (FAPE), which means that these students are provided services that:

incur no cost to the parent meet the standards of the State Board of Education include preschool, elementary or secondary school education are provided in conformity with an individualized specialized education plan (IEP). Each child must meet qualifications as set forth in the referral-to-placement process implemented in the district. For additional information on this process, please contact:

Amie Baxley

Special Education Director

abaxley@esd.k12.ms.us

(601) 659-7965

ESA Update

The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act enacted by the Mississippi Legislature during the 2015 Session created the Education Scholarship Account (ESA) program (Senate Bill No. 2695). It is a program designed to give those parents with special needs children the option of withdrawing their child from the public school system and receiving a designated amount of funds to help defray the cost of private school tuition or other specific allowable activities to educate their child. The administration of this program has been designated to be performed by the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE). For information, please click the hyperlink below:https://www.mdek12.org/sites/default/files/esa\faq\revised\8-2024\v1.pdf