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Parrish, Mary Ellen; O'Donnell, Amber – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2018
Safety Net funding is available to local education agencies (LEAs) that demonstrate a need for special education funding in excess of state and federal funding available to the LEA. The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) publishes an annual Safety Net bulletin and application forms. House Bill 2242, Sec. 408 (2017) directed the…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational Finance, Financial Support, State Legislation
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2015
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) administers programs that assist in educating children and youth with disabilities and provides funding for vocational rehabilitation (VR) services for youth and adults with disabilities. OSERS established the Transition Steering Committee to focus specifically on the services,…
Descriptors: Vocational Rehabilitation, Disabilities, Youth, Access to Education
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Detgen, Amy; Yamashita, Mika; Davis, Brittany; and Wraight, Sara – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2011
Based on a review of state documents and interviews with state and local officials in six Midwest Region states, this qualitative study describes state education agency policy development and planning for response to intervention approaches to instruction. It also looks at the support provided to districts and schools implementing response to…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, State Departments of Education, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
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Detgen, Amy; Yamashita, Mika; Davis, Brittany; and Wraight, Sara – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2011
Based on a review of state documents and interviews with state and local officials in six Midwest Region states, this qualitative study describes state education agency policy development and planning for response to intervention approaches to instruction. It also looks at the support provided to districts and schools implementing response to …
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, State Departments of Education, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
Ball, Wayne; Beridon, Virginia; Hamre, Kent; Morse, Amanda – Regional Resource Center Program, 2012
This Quick Reference Document has been prepared by the Regional Resource Center Program Fiscal Priority Team to aid RRCP State liaisons and other Technical Assistance (TA) providers in understanding the general context of State questions surrounding Maintenance of State Financial Support (MFS) and Local Educational Agency (LEA) Maintenance of…
Descriptors: Financial Support, State Aid, Disabilities, Related Services (Special Education)
Muller, Eve – Project Forum, 2010
As part of the 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), states are "required to ensure that highly qualified personnel are recruited, hired, trained and retained to provide special education and related services to children with disabilities" [Section 612(a)(14)(D)]. The purpose of this document…
Descriptors: Mentors, Disabilities, Preschool Children, Continuing Education Units
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McInerney, Maurice; Hamilton, James L. – Exceptional Children, 2007
The Elementary and Middle Schools Technical Assistance Center (EMSTAC) tested an insider-outsider approach to assist local school districts in effectively identifying and implementing scientifically based practices. Methods used to measure EMSTAC's effectiveness in supporting successful practice adoption are presented. The overarching finding is…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Teaching Methods, Financial Support, Technical Assistance
Regional Resource Center Program, 2011
This brief is intended to provide State Education Agency (SEA) and Local Education Agency (LEA) educators with a brief overview of key components of GraduateFIRST, a Georgia program targeting issues impacting school completion for students with disabilities. Georgia's GraduateFIRST program has redefined the state's approach to raising graduation…
Descriptors: Disabilities, School Readiness, Technical Assistance, Individualized Education Programs
Shackelford, Jo, Ed. – 1994
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that each state participating in the federal early intervention program establish a state interagency coordinating council (SICC) to assist and advise the state lead agencies in achieving a coordinated service delivery system. Some states have also established local interagency…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role
Trohanis, Pascal L. – 2002
This paper discusses three Federal programs related to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): (1) Part C, the Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; (2) Section 619 of Part B, the Preschool Grants Program; and (3) Part D, National Activities to Improve Education of Children with Disabilities. An overview of each of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1981
This catalog contains descriptions of the programs funded by governor's grant funds during fiscal 1980. (The governor's grants are funds provided by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 for use at the state level by the state governors.) It is divided into four parts. Part 1, which identifies programs funded under the coordination…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Warren, Sandra Hopfengardner; Ahearn, Eileen M.; Giovannetti, Elizabeth A.; Lange, Cheryl M.; Rhim, Lauren Morando – National Association of State Directors of Special Education, 2004
The purpose of this document is to provide operators with implementation and operational technical assistance related to special education in charter schools. Special education is a very complicated component of public education and providing operators with technical assistance regarding special education is particularly challenging. This primer…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Charter Schools, Special Education, Technical Assistance