Dade County Procedures for Providing Special Education for Exceptional Students.

Described are procedures and policies of the Dade County Florida Public Schools regarding special education. Considered are nine basic areas: philosophy of the program (including an organizational chart and description of the case staffing procedure), due process guidelines (including review procedures and exclusion), contractual services (such as contracts with nonpublic schools), facilities, statistics covering programs and students, inservice education, federal programs, special state programs, and procedures for providing 12 county programs (including programs for the educable and trainable mentally retarded, the speech and language impaired, and the socially maladjusted). Suggested forms are included throughout the document. (CL)