Program Overview

Special Education is an opportunity for students with learning differences or delays to receive individualized instruction in a variety of areas that affect their academic success. Special Education is not just for students with severe disabilities. A continuum of services from light intervention in the general classroom to intensive, separate classroom instruction can be provided according to each student's needs. Students with speech or language impairments, physical disabilities, or emotional needs can receive therapy in a variety of ways if they affect his/her successful performance in the classroom. Special Education provides support, instruction, or therapy that addresses the needs of each eligible child in a way that fits that child's individual needs. Plano ISD believes in educating students in the least restrictive environment. At Davis our philosophy emphasizes the importance of including special education children in the general education classroom to the maximum extent appropriate for their education needs.

Our services are student-centered and promote respect, dignity and responsibility. In addition, students will have a safe, educational environment and acceptance of their differences which will produce individuals who achieve their highest potential and become contributing members of society.

The goals of our department are to develop a student centered learning environment, to establish a rapport with the parents of children with special needs, and to collaborate with the general education classroom teachers to enhance academic programming for children with special needs.

For more information about Special Education services offered by Plano ISD, please "swim" on over to the PISD Special Education Services page.

In 2019, the 86th Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 139 (SB 139), which requires Texas local education agencies (LEAs) to distribute the following notice to all parents:  

Updates in Special Education (English/Spanish)

Dyslexia (English/Spanish)

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act/IDEA (English/Spanish)

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support/MTSS (English/Spanish)

Section 504 (English/Spanish)