Best Special Needs Schools in Rome, New York (2026)
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Rome City School District must locate and identify all children with disabilities from birth to 21 who live in the district. It appoints both a Committee on Preschool Special Education and a Committee on Special Education. Rome is one of nine component districts of Madison-Oneida BOCES, and the city is also home to the New York State School for the Deaf.
Rome offers a continuum from related therapies, consultant teacher and resource room to co-taught classes and small special classes. Special class ratios include 12:1:1, 15:1, 12:1+(3:1) and 8:1:1. Students in 12:1:1 or 15:1 classes mostly take the same state tests as their peers, while students in more functional settings usually take the New York State Alternate Assessment. The district also lists out-of-district placements, which come only through a committee decision.
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