Leander ISD

Special Education

• Evaluation Services
• Intervention Services
• Child Find

Parent Handbook for Special Education | Acronyms for Special Education 

English Language Learners

• Dual Language Program
• English as a Second Language (ESL)
• Translation and Interpretation Services
• Adult Education: EL Civics, High School Equivalency Classes

Intervention Services

The Intervention Services department encompasses a wide range of programs Leander ISD offers to its students.

• Dyslexia
• Early Childhood Education
  • Parents as Teachers
  • PreKindergarten
• Young Parent Services
• Supplemental Reading Program
• Section 504 of the Americans with Disabilities Act
• Response to Intervention
• Homebound Services

State Compensatory Education

• Criteria
• Homeless Services
• Foster Care

On Dec. 10, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, ESSA. ESSA replaces its predecessor, the No Child Left Behind of 2001 (NCLB). Under this act are the following subsections:

• Title I, Part A
  

  Improving Basic Programs provides supplemental resources to local educational agencies (LEAs) to help schools with high concentrations of students from low-income families provide high-quality education that will enable all children to meet the challenging state academic standards.

  The Title I Schoolwide campuses in LISD include:

  • Leander Middle School: English | Spanish
  • Running Brushy Middle School: English | Spanish
  • Bagdad Elementary School: English | Spanish
  • Camacho Elementary School: English | Spanish
  • Faubion Elementary School: English | Spanish
  • Giddens Elementary School: English | Spanish
  • Grandview Hills Elementary School: English | Spanish
  • Knowles Elementary School: English | Spanish
  • Reed Elementary School: English | Spanish
  
  

  More information about Title I

  
  

• Title II, Part A

  Targets student academic achievement through improving teacher and principal quality and increasing the number of highly qualified teachers in classrooms and qualified principals and assistant principals in the district. The intended beneficiaries of Title II funds are teachers and principals, including assistant principals, and as appropriate, administrators, pupil services personnel, and paraprofessionals.

• Title III, Part A

  Supports supplemental resources to campuses to help ensure that children who are limited English proficient (LEP) attain English proficiency at high levels in core academic subjects and can meet state mandated achievement performance standards. Intended beneficiaries of Title III funds are LEP students, including immigrant children and youth.

• Title IV, Part A

  Overarching goal of this program is to increase the capacity of State education Agencies, State Education Agencies, Campuses, and communities to meet goals around student access to well-rounded education, maintain safe and healthy students and improve the use of technology to advance academic achievement.

• Title I, Part C

  Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Grant: Programs that develop more fully the academic and technical skills of secondary students who elect to enroll in career and technical education (CTE) program.

Early Childhood Education

Leander ISD Early Childhood services exist to build a strong foundation so that each child is ready to be challenged, encouraged and supported to achieve their highest level of knowledge, skills and character.

• Parents as Teachers
• PreKindergarten

Young Parent Services

The vision of LISD's Young Parent Services (YPS) program is to ensure that all young parents will graduate feeling connected, empowered, and confident in making healthy choices for themselves and their child's future by providing young parents and pregnant teens with:

• Academic guidance
• Emotional support
• Current and age-appropriate pre-natal and child development information 
• Parent and child health information 
• Community resources

Students and parents can  contact the counselor at your school, or you may contact Bonnie Hahn, Young Parent Service Program Manager at 512-570-0338 or bonnie.hahn@leanderisd.org. 

Compensatory Education Homebound Instruction (CEHI)(opens in a new window)

More information about Young Parent Services(opens in a new window)

Young Parent Services (YPS), formerly known as Pregnancy Related Services (PRS), are a combination of Support Services and Compensatory Education Home-bound Instruction (CEHI).