The specific criteria and procedures used by school districts may vary. Your local director of special education and his or her staff can help you get such information. Click here to link to a search page provided by the Tennessee Department of Education to help you find a web site for your school system. In education Networking Kids.
LINK teaches parents how the special education system works and their roles and rights.
It teaches parents how to work within the system and how to be an advocate. Members work together to start, support, and coordinate special education advocacy activities. STEP provides free information, advocacy training, and support services. The State Board of Education governs and makes policy for Tennessee public elementary and secondary education. Its work touches all aspects of education from accountability and evaluation to curriculum and teacher education.