POLICY LETTER: September 26, 2011 to H. Douglas Cox, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Education and Student Services, Assistant Superintendent

September 26, 2011H. Douglas CoxAssistant SuperintendentSpecial Education and Student ServicesCommonwealth of VirginiaDepartment of EducationP.O. Box 2120Richmond, Virginia 23218-2120Dear Mr. Cox:This is in response to your June 16, 2010 letter, written on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Education, to Patricia J. Guard, former Deputy Director of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). In your letter, you seek clarification of OSEP's position on requirThe IDEA and its implementing regulations do not define the terms training and education. However, the areas of training and education can reasonably be interpreted as overlapping in certain instances. In determining whether postsecondary goals in the areas of training and education overlap, the IEP Team must consider the unique needs of each individual student with a disability, in light of his or her plans after leaving high school. If the IEP Team determines that separate AGE * MERGEFORMAT 3 H. Douglas Cox