POLICY LETTER: June 30, 2010 to Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Division of Special Education Assistant Commissioner Heidi Atkins-Lieberman

June 30, 2010Heidi Atkins-Lieberman Assistant Commissioner Division of Special EducationMissouri Department of Elementary and Secondary EducationP.O. Box 480Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0480Dear Ms. Atkins-Lieberman:This is in response to your April 14, 2010 letter to me regarding the State maintenance of financial support for special education and related services, required under 34 CFR 300.163, and Missouri's potential decision to discontinue the provision of a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to children with disabilities ages three and four under section 619 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). You ask whether discontinuing the State's participation in the section 619 pSincerely,Posny, Ph.D.