POLICY LETTER: March 27, 2013 to Amy Maisterra

March 27, 2013Amy Maisterra, Ed.D., MSWAssistant SuperintendentDivision of Specialized EducationOffice of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)Government of the District of Columbia810 First St, NE, 5th FloorWashington, DC 20002Dear Dr. Maisterra,This letter is in response to your December 8, 2011 and November 28, 2012 electronic mail (email) correspondence to the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education (Department). In your emails, you asked a series of questions regarding the responsibility of the local educational agIf a local educational agency, educational service agency, or State educational agency refers a child to, or places a child in, one of the elementary or secondary education programs to meet its obligation to make available a free appropriate public education under part B of the IDEA [20 USC 1411 et seq.], the agency or unit shall be responsible for ensuring that the special education and related services provided to the child by the education program are in accordance with part B of that Act [20 USC 1411 et seq.] and that the child is provided the rights and procedural safeguards under section 615 of that Act. 20 U.S.DirectorOffice of Special Education Programscc: Dr. Edward BossoAnnette ReichmanPage PAGE * MERGEFORMAT 3 Dr. Amy Maisterra