Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School District provides special education and related services to students birth to 21 who qualify under eligibility criteria established by the state of Minnesota.

Categories or Areas which children may be placed in special education include: Early Childhood-Birth to age seven

• Mild/Moderate Mental Impairment
• Moderate/Severe Mental Impairment
• Specific Learning Disabilities
• Other Health Impairment
• Emotional/Behavioral Disorders
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Autism
• Physically Impaired
• Visually Impaired
• Hearing Impaired
• Multiply Handicapped
• Speech or Language Impaired
• Deaf-Blindness

Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
All children identified to have a disability and require special education and related service are guaranteed a FREE and APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION. ISD 877 will insure that services are provided which will allow students to achieve adequate progress.

Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Services to children are provided in the Least Restrictive Environment and are evaluated annually to monitor progress, develop goals and determine eligibility for services.