When a student is suspected of having a disability, a referral is made to the Committee on Special Education (CSE). A referral for special education programs and services may be made by a parent or person in parental relationship to a child, a professional within the student's school district or the public or private school the child legally attends, a physician, a judicial office, a Commissioner or designee of a public agency with responsibility for the welfare, health, or education of the child, by the student who is 18 years or older, or an emancipated minor. 

Parents are members of the Committee that makes recommendations regarding their child. They must be provided notice of proposed actions, a description of other options considered, an explanation of why an action was selected or a reason for rejection, and a description of the evaluations or procedures upon which the action is based.

For questions regarding a referral please contact your building psychologist.

To refer your child for evaluations, please submit your request in writing:

• for an elementary aged student to our Director, Norell Young, youngn@hauppauge.k12.ny.us 

• for a secondary aged student to our Director, Dr. Jennifer Eastman, eastmanj@hauppauge.k12.ny.us