Policy Guidance
2023
Dear Colleague Letter: General Supervision Responsibilities (July 24, 2023)
Guidance on State General Supervision Responsibilities under Parts B and C of the IDEA (July 24, 2023)
Carta a los queridos colegas: Responsabilidades de supervisión general (24 de julio de 2023)
Resumen
La orientación que acompaña a esta carta tiene como objetivo proporcionar a los estados información accesible y práctica...
Read MoreResponsabilidades de Supervisión General Estatal bajo las Partes B y C del IDEA (24 de julio de 2023)
Resumen
La Ley IDEA Parte B requiere que los niños con discapacidades, entre 3 y 21 años de edad, reciban...
Read MoreOSEP MEMO—Review of Obligation and Liquidation Timelines and Authority, and Process for Requesting Late Liquidations. May 17, 2023
POLICY LETTER: March 17, 2023, to Nix
POLICY LETTER: March 2, 2023, to Oettinger
2022
Policy Support 22-03: Guidance for Common Prior Approval Requests under IDEA Parts B and C (December 2022)
POLICY LETTER 22-06: November 16, 2022, to Flanigan
Letter to State Directors of Special Education on Ensuring a High-Quality Education for Highly Mobile Children. OSEP Policy Support 22-02 (November 10, 2022)
POLICY LETTER 22-05: November 1, 2022, to Sharpless
Dear Colleague Letter on IDEA Services in Head Start (Oct. 5, 2022)
Guidance on Creating an Effective Memorandum of Understanding to Support High-Quality Inclusive Early Childhood Systems (Oct. 5, 2022)
MEMORANDUM: OSEP 22-01 — Personnel Qualifications under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). (Oct. 4, 2022)
Dear Colleague Letter on Implementation of IDEA Discipline Provisions (July 19, 2022)
Carta de estimado colega sobre la implementación de las disposiciones de disciplina de IDEA (19 de julio de 2022)
Positive, Proactive Approaches to Supporting Children with Disabilities: A Guide for Stakeholders (July 19, 2022)
Enfoques positivos y proactivos para apoyar a los niños con discapacidades: Una guía para las partes interesadas (19 de julio de 2022)
Questions and Answers: Addressing the Needs of Children with Disabilities and IDEA’s Discipline Provisions (July 19, 2022)
Preguntas y respuestas: Abordar las necesidades de los niños con discapacidades y las disposiciones disciplinarias de IDEA. (19 de julio de 2022)
POLICY LETTER 22-04: April 15, 2022 to Zirkel
POLICY LETTER: April 7, 2022 to Tymeson
Letter to Educators and Parents Regarding New CDC Recommendations and their Impact on Children with Disabilities (March 24, 2022)
Carta a los educadores y padres sobre las nuevas recomendaciones de los CDC y su impacto en los niños con discapacidades (24 de marzo de 2022)
POLICY LETTER: March 2, 2022 to Marshall
Questions and Answers on Serving Children with Disabilities Placed by Their Parents in Private Schools (rev. Feb 2022)
POLICY LETTER: January 10, 2022 to Wolfram and Mandlawitz
2021
POLICY LETTER: November 17, 2021 to Anonymous
POLICY LETTER: November 15, 2021 to Boals
POLICY LETTER: November 10, 2021 to IDEA Part C Coordinators
POLICY LETTER: November 10, 2021 to IDEA Part B State Directors
Return to School Roadmap: Provision of Early Intervention Services (Oct. 29, 2021)
Hoja de ruta de regreso a la escuela: Prestación de servicios de intervención temprana (29 de octubre de 2021)
Return to School Roadmap: Child Find, Referral, and Eligibility Under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Oct. 29, 2021)
Hoja de ruta para el regreso a la escuela: búsqueda, derivación y elegibilidad de niños (29 de octubre de 2021)
Return to School Roadmap: Development and Implementation of Individualized Education Programs (Sept. 30, 2021)
Hoja de ruta para el regreso a la escuela: Desarrollo e implementación de programas de educación individualizada en el entorno menos restrictivo conforme a la ley de educación para personas con discapacidades
POLICY LETTER: September 24, 2021 to Frumkin
Return to School Roadmap — Child Find Under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Aug. 24, 2021)
Hoja de ruta para el regreso a la escuela: Child Find según la Parte B de la Ley de Educación para Personas con Discapacidades (24 de agosto de 2021)
Return to School Roadmap under IDEA (Aug. 24, 2021)
Hoja de ruta de regreso a la escuela según IDEA: Carta a los socios estatales y locales (24 de agosto de 2021)
Questions and Answers on the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) (Aug. 9, 2021)
Long COVID under Section 504 and the IDEA: A Resource to Support Children, Students, Educators, Schools, Service Providers, and Families
Fact Sheet — Section 2014 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (July 1, 2021) | OSEP Policy Support 21-02
Summary
OSEP Policy Support 21-02
This document provides an overview of the major statutory and regulatory requirements for IDEA...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: May 12, 2021 to Tymeson
2020
Part C Provision of Services in the COVID-19 Environment Q&A Document (Oct. 21, 2020)
Summary
Addresses inquiries concerning implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C provision of service in...
Parte C Provisión de servicios en el documento de preguntas y respuestas del entorno COVID-19 (21 de octubre de 2020)
Resumen
Aborda las consultas relacionadas con la implementación de la Ley de Educación para Personas con Discapacidades (IDEA), Parte...
Part B Implementation of IDEA Provision of Services in the Current COVID-19 Environment Q&A Document (Sept. 28, 2020)
Summary
Addresses inquiries concerning implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B provision of services in the...
Waiver Authority for the Period of Availability for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C Funds for Federal fiscal year (FFY) 2018 (Sept. 10, 2020)
Summary
The Department of Education released a streamlined waiver that will allow for the use of IDEA Part C...
POLICY GUIDANCE: A Transition Guide to Postsecondary Education and Employment for Students and Youth with Disabilities (August 2020)
OSERS published updates to "A Transition Guide to Postsecondary Education and Employment for Students and Youth with Disabilities, August 2020"...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: July 31, 2020 to Anonymous
Summary
Addresses whether a parent may be required to sign a confidentiality agreement in order to participate in mediation...
Part C Evaluation and Assessment Timelines in the COVID-19 Environment Q&A Document (July 6, 2020)
Summary
Addresses inquiries concerning the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C evaluation and assessment...
Evaluación de la Parte C y plazos de evaluación en el documento de preguntas y respuestas ambientales de COVID-19 (6 de julio de 2020)
Resumen
Aborda consultas sobre la implementación de la evaluación de la Parte C de la Ley de Educación para...
Part B Procedural Safeguards in the COVID-19 Environment Q&A Document (June 30, 2020)
Summary
Address inquiries concerning the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B procedural safeguards in...
Part C Procedural Safeguards in the COVID-19 Environment Q&A Document (June 30, 2020)
Summary
Addresses inquiries concerning implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C procedural safeguards in the...
Flexibility on IDEA Part B Fiscal Requirements in the COVID-19 Environment Q&A Document (June 26, 2020)
Summary
Response to inquiries concerning flexibility in the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B...
La flexibilidad en la implementación de los requisitos fiscales de la Parte B de IDEA en el entorno actual de la COVID-19 (junio 26, 2020)
Resumen
Respuesta a las consultas sobre la flexibilidad en la implementación de los requisitos fiscales de la Parte B...
Part B Use of Funds in the COVID-19 Environment Q-&-A Document (June 25, 2020)
Summary
Addresses inquiries concerning the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B use of funds...
Part C Use of Funds in the COVID-19 Environment Q-&-A Document (June 25, 2020)
Summary
Addresses inquiries concerning the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C use of funds...
Part B Dispute Resolution in COVID-19 Environment Q-&-A Document (June 22, 2020)
Summary
This Questions-and-Answers document addresses inquiries concerning the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B...
Resolución de disputas de la Parte B en el documento de preguntas y respuestas sobre el entorno de COVID-19 (22 de junio de 2020)
Resumen
Este documento de Preguntas y respuestas aborda consultas relacionadas con la implementación de los procedimientos de resolución de...
Part C Dispute Resolution in COVID-19 Environment Q-&-A Document (June 22, 2020)
Summary
This Questions-and-Answers document addresses inquiries concerning the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C...
Resolución de disputas de la Parte C en el documento de preguntas y respuestas sobre el entorno de COVID-19 (22 de junio de 2020)
Resumen
Este documento de Preguntas y respuestas aborda consultas relacionadas con la implementación de los procedimientos de resolución de...
POLICY LETTER: June 9, 2020 to State Directors
Summary
Addresses the requirements to request a waiver for the 2020–21 school year (SY) from the one percent cap...
Waiver Authority for the Period of Availability for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B Funds for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2018 (June 8, 2020)
Summary
The Department of Education released a streamlined waiver that will allow for the use of IDEA Part B...
POLICY LETTER: June 8, 2020 to Anonymous
Summary
Addresses the use of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B funds to pay hearing officers to...
Supplemental Fact Sheet Addressing the Risk of COVID-19 in Preschool, Elementary and Secondary Schools While Serving Children with Disabilities (March 21, 2020)
Summary
The Department released new information clarifying that federal law should not be used to prevent schools from offering...
Questions and Answers on Providing Services to Children with Disabilities During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak (March 2020)
Summary
This Questions and Answers document outlines states’ responsibilities to infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities and their families,...
Preguntas y respuestas sobre la prestación de servicios a niños con discapacidades durante el brote de coronavirus 2019 (Marzo de 2020)
Resumen
Este documento de Preguntas y respuestas describe las responsabilidades de los estados con los bebés, niños pequeños y...
2019
POLICY LETTER: Nov. 22, 2019 to Breeskin
Summary
Addresses the role of parents in determining the educational placement of a child with a disability, including how...
POLICY LETTER: Oct. 23, 2019 to Anonymous
Summary
Addresses questions regarding the provision of compensatory education after a family relocates to a new state.
Letter
Q&A: Increasing Postsecondary Opportunities and Success for Students and Youth with Disabilities (Sept. 17, 2019)
Summary
The Department issued a Question and Answers document (Q&A), with an accompanying Appendix, on the dual enrollment of...
POLICY LETTER: Sept. 9, 2019 to Rowland
Summary
Addresses a series of questions regarding the development of IEPs of children placed in certain preschool programs, including...
POLICY LETTER: Sept. 9, 2019 to Anonymous
Summary
Addresses questions regarding:
the participation of children with disabilities in IEP Team Meetings and other meetings held...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: July 3, 2019 to Zirkel
Summary
Addresses a series of questions regarding a state educational agency’s (SEA’s) complaint procedures process, in particular, about enforcement...
POLICY LETTER: May 13, 2019 to Zirkel
Summary
Addresses a series of questions regarding the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) state complaint...
POLICY LETTER: May 2, 2019 to Haller
Summary
Addresses whether a school district may invite an observer to an individualized education program (IEP) Team meeting.
...
POLICY LETTER: May 2, 2019 to Mills
Summary
Addresses a series of questions resulting from a functional vision assessment by an optometrist.
Letter
May...
POLICY LETTER: May 2, 2019 to Zirkel
Summary
Addresses a parent’s right to an IEE when the child has been evaluated and found not to be...
POLICY LETTER: March 28, 2019 to States
Summary
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide information regarding the implications for States not meeting the requirement,...
POLICY LETTER: Feb. 22, 2019 Letter to Olex
Summary
Letter regarding the Michigan Department of Education’s policy addressing transition assessments administered under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act...
POLICY LETTER: Feb. 21, 2019 Letter to Siegel
Summary
Letter regarding a child with a disability who transfers to a new local educational agency (LEA) during the...
OSEP LETTER: Jan. 29, 2019 to Wayne
Summary
Letter regarding further discussions on a local educational agency’s (LEA’s) obligation to a parentally placed private school child...
OSEP LETTER: Jan. 29, 2019 to Zirkel
Summary
Letter on a series of questions regarding the implementation of response to intervention (RTI) and multi-tiered systems of...
OSEP LETTER: Jan. 29, 2019 to Nathan
Summary
Clarification on a series of questions regarding the protections for children not yet determined eligible for special education...
OSEP LETTER: Jan. 29, 2019 to Duncan
Summary
Letter on whether the Florida Department of Corrections fails to provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE) under...
2018
OSEP LETTER: Dec. 20, 2018 to William Eiserman
POLICY MEMO: To States Regarding the Cap on the Percentage of Students who may be Assessed with an Alternate Assessment (Aug. 27, 2018)
SUMMARY
Addresses the process for applying for states applying or re-applying for a waiver from the one percent cap...
OSEP LETTER: Aug. 23, 2018 to Devin Fletcher
OSEP LETTER: Aug. 23, 2018 to Anonymous
SUMMARY
Addresses an independent evaluator’s access to observe a child’s educational setting as part of an Independent Educational Evaluation...
OSEP LETTER: Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to Lawrence Sigel, Esq.
SUMMARY
Addresses State and Local Education Agency (LEA) responsibilities and required procedures regarding Child Find.
LETTER
August...
OSEP LETTER: Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to Linda McDowell, Ph.D.
Summary
Addresses qualifying characteristics for Related Services included in the Individualized Education Program (IEP).
Letter
August 2,...
OSEP Letter: Aug. 2, 2018 Letter to Anonymous
Summary
Addresses the evaluation process for a child with disabilities who transfers to a new State within a school...
OSEP LETTER: July 27, 2018 Letter to Carrie Mason
Summary
Addresses the use of short-term disciplinary measures as a potential disciplinary removal and change in placement.
Letter
OSEP LETTER: June 28, 2018 Letter to Anonymous
Summary
Addresses procedures for continuation of services after an IEE request for a student whose special education eligibility has...
OSEP LETTER: May 10, 2018 to Perry A. Zirkel
OSEP LETTER: April 19, 2018 to Perry A. Zirkel
Summary
Addresses handling of differing opinions amongst Individualized Education Programs Team Members.
OSEP LETTER: April 19, 2018 to Marcie Lipsitt
OSEP LETTER: April 19, 2018 to Brian Carroll
Summary
Addresses the impact of school attendance on the duration, frequency, and location of preschool Individualized Education Program (IEP)...
OSEP LETTER: April 18, 2018 to David Kane
Summary
Addresses missed Individualized Education Program (IEP) services due to participation in State or districtwide assessment programs.
2017
Q&A: Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District Case Q&A (Dec. 7, 2017)
Summary
Provides an overview of the U.S. Supreme Court Decision, Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, in which...
OSEP LETTER: September 8, 2017 to Brian Radziwill
Summary
Addresses the procedures for meaningful consultation between LEAs, SEAs, and private schools including the inclusion of representatives of...
POLICY MEMO: Eligibility Determinations for Children Suspected of Having a Visual Impairment under IDEA (May 22, 2017)
Summary
Addresses the eligibility criteria for the IDEA category “visual impairment including blindness” and clarifies that States may not...
POLICY MEMO: Requirements for the Cap on the Percentage of Students who may be Assessed with an Alternate Assessment Aligned with Alternate Academic Achievement Standards (May 16, 2017)
Summary
Addresses the provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) regarding alternate assessments for students with the most...
POLICY GUIDANCE: A Transition Guide to Postsecondary Education and Employment for Students and Youth with Disabilities (May 2017)
NOTE: View the August 2020 version of the guide for updated information.
Summary
Resource guide for school to...
OSEP LETTER: April 18, 2017 to Ruthie-Marie Beckwith
Summary
Addresses the Department’s discretionary 84.325K grant competition: Interdisciplinary Preparation in Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services for...
Q&A and MODEL STATE TIMELINE: Significant Disproportionality (Equity in IDEA) Essential Questions and Answers and a Model State Timeline (March 31, 2017)
**On May 22, 2019, the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services posted the following to the department’s site:
On...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: February 27, 2017 to Patrick Zacchini
Summary
Addresses the requirement that school districts must notify parents when their child’s personally identifiable information collected under IDEA...
POLICY LETTER: February 27, 2017 to Anonymous
Summary
Addresses the time period requirements for States to retain and make due process and State-level review findings and...
POLICY LETTER: February 27, 2017 to Anonymous
Summary
Addresses the requirement for annual updating of postsecondary goals and transition services on the IEP in consideration of...
POLICY GUIDANCE: Joint Statement on Collaboration and Coordination of the MIECHV and IDEA Part C Programs (January 19, 2017)
Summary
Addresses opportunities and recommendations for collaboration between Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Awardees and IDEA Part...
POLICY LETTER: January 18, 2017 to Lisa Pugh
Summary
Addresses periodic progress reporting on postsecondary goals on the IEP for students who are 16 or younger if...
UPDATED DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER on Preschool Least Restrictive Environments (January 9, 2017)
Summary
Addresses the importance of inclusive early learning opportunities for young children with disabilities per IDEA requirements. Reaffirms the...
POLICY LETTER: January 2, 2017 to Anonymous
Summary
Addresses whether a parent may file a due process complaint against a State Educational Agency.
Read More2016
DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER with the Office for Civil Rights on Charter Schools (December 28, 2016 )
Students with disabilities who are enrolled in public charter schools, like students with disabilities enrolled in other public elementary or...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: December 27, 2016 to Rochelle Marcus
TOPIC: Procedural Safeguards—Communication with Attorneys
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: December 27, 2016 to John Copenhaver
TOPIC: State Advisory Panel
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: December 27, 2016 to Ellen Chambers
TOPIC: Parentally-Placed Private School Children
Read MoreFAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about the Rights of Students with Disabilities in Public Charter Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (December 27, 2016)
This guidance provides charter schools, states, state educational agencies (SEAs), local educational agencies (LEAs), other public agencies, parents, and other...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: October 22, 2016 to Jennifer Carroll
TOPIC: Independent Educational Evaluations
Read MoreFAQ: Frequently Asked Questions on Early Childhood Privacy and Confidentiality (October 20, 2016)
The purpose of this FAQ is to assist early childhood programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) with addressing privacy and confidentiality...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: September 23, 2016 to Nisha Kashyap
TOPIC: Access to Records
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: August 23, 2016 to Martha Goodman
TOPIC: Children with Disabilities Placed in Private Schools by their Parents and Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS)
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: August 22, 2016 to Perry Zirkel
TOPIC: Due Process; RTI; General Supervision
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: August 18, 2016 to Regina Skyer
TOPIC: Part C Evaluations
Read MoreOSEP DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER Regarding Education of Children with Disabilities Attending Public Virtual Schools (August 5, 2016)
Addresses the requirement for state educational agencies and local educational agencies to ensure the provision of a free appropriate public...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: August 4, 2016 to Michael J. Eig
TOPIC: Due Process Hearings
Read MoreOSEP DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER on Supporting Behavior of Students with Disabilities (August 1, 2016)
Emphasizes the requirement that schools provide positive behavioral supports to students with disabilities who need them. It also clarifies that...
Read MoreKnow Your Rights in Charter Schools (August 1, 2016)
This document is designed to help parents, students, and the charter school community better understand the rights of students with...
Read MoreOCR Dear Colleague Letter (July 26, 2016)
TOPIC: Obligation of schools to provide students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with equal educational opportunity under section 504 of the Rehabilitation...
Read MoreIEP Translation—Communication from OSEP (June 14, 2016)
This document is designed to help parents, students, and the charter school community better understand the rights of students with...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: May 9, 2016 to Martha Goodman
TOPIC: Extended Part C Option (34 CFR §303.211)
Read MoreOSEP DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER on Children with Disabilities Residing in Nursing Homes (April 26, 2016)
Addresses the responsibilities of states, school districts, and other public agencies in addressing the special educational needs of children with...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: April 25, 2016 to Kelli Unnerstall
TOPIC: Evaluation, Specific Learning Disability
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: March 3, 2016 to Anonymous
TOPIC: IEP Development, Review and Revision, Placement, and Hearing Decisions
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: February 9, 2016 to John D. Copenhaver
TOPIC: State advisory panels
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: January 19, 2016 to Diana Savit
TOPIC: IEP Team Meetings and Independent Educational Evaluations (IEE)
Read More2015
POLICY LETTER: December 13, 2015 to Colleen A. Snyder
TOPIC: Due process hearings
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: December 9, 2015 to Perry A. Zirkel
TOPIC: Due process hearings
Attachments provided to OSEP from the Office of General Council (OGC):
G.L.; Mr. G.L., Mrs. E.L.,...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: November 23, 2015 to Julie J. Weatherly
TOPIC: Destruction of information
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: November 23, 2015 to Michael Lovato
TOPIC: Maintenance of effort (MOE)
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: November 23, 2015 to Michael I. Inzelbuch
TOPIC: Proportionate share / equitable services
Read MoreOSEP DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER on Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) (November 16, 2015)
Clarifies that individualized education programs (IEP) for children with disabilities must be aligned with state academic content standards for the...
Read MoreOSEP DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER on IDEA/IEP Terms (October 23, 2015)
A policy guidance on IDEA/IEP terms to clarify that there is nothing in the IDEA that would prohibit the use of the...
Read MoreOSEP DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER to SEAs Regarding Oversight of Federal Funds to Charter Schools (September 28, 2015)
A Dear Colleague Letter to state educational agencies (SEAs) that offers guidance and federal resources on appropriate and effective oversight...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: September 18, 2015 to Marcie Lipsitt
TOPIC: State complaints
Read MorePOLICY STATEMENT: Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood Programs (September 18, 2015)
This policy statement, released jointly by the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, states that all young children with...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: September 16, 2015 to Matthew D. Cohen
TOPIC: Due process hearings.
Read MoreQ&A Regarding Inclusion of English Learners with Disabilities in English Language Proficiency Assessments and Title III Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (August 3, 2015)
This guidance document is on the inclusion of English Learners (ELs) with disabilities in English language proficiency (ELP) assessments under...
Read MoreQ&A Regarding Local Educational Agency (LEA) Maintenance of Effort (MOE) (July 27, 2015)
On July 27, 2015, OSEP issued Memorandum 15-10 that provides a question and answer document (Q&A) on the final...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: July 16, 2015 to Mark McWilliams
TOPIC: State complaints
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: July 6, 2015 to Edward Sarzynski
TOPIC: Parentally Placed Private School Children with Disabilities
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: May 19, 2015 to Heather S. Deaton
TOPIC: State Identification and Correction of Noncompliance
Read MoreOSEP Dear Colleague Letter on Use of Due Process Procedures After a Parent Has Filed a State Complaint
POLICY LETTER: February 23, 2015 to Debbie Baus.
TOPIC: Independent Educational Evaluations (IEE)
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: January 7, 2015 to Margaret O’Sullivan Kane.
TOPIC: Due Process Hearings
Read More2014
OSEP DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act for Students with Disabilities in Correctional Facilities (December 5, 2014)
Clarifying state and public agency obligations under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to ensure the provision of a free and appropriate...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: November 12, 2014 to Michelle Kotler
TOPIC: Eligibility Criteria | Letter to Michelle Kotler regarding the criteria used by some states to identify children with “visual impairments or blindness,”...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: November 12, 2014 to Tracy Blodgett
TOPIC: Reevaluations
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: November 3, 2014 to Atlee Reilly
TOPIC: State Complaints
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: September 29, 2014 to Sam Sutton and David Rubel
TOPIC: Parentally-placed Private School Students
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: June 2, 2014 to Mark W. Voigt
TOPIC: Due Process Hearing Decision Implementation Timelines
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: March 21, 2014 to Janice Breton
TOPIC: Electronic Mail
Read MoreOSEP DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER to CSSOs on LEA MOE (March 13, 2014) RESCINDED
Rescinded Oct. 2017
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: February 10, 2014 to Jennifer Pardus.
Summary
TOPIC: Prior Written Notice
Letter
February 10, 2014
Jennifer Pardus
Department of Social Services
Reimbursement...
POLICY LETTER: February 10, 2014 to Diana M. Savit, Esq.
TOPIC: Observation and Recording Meetings
Read More2013
POLICY LETTER: December 20, 2013 to Dr. Jim Delisle
TOPIC: Twice Exceptional
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: November 26, 2013 to William J. Casey, Esq.
TOPIC: Reimbursement for PPPSS
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: November 25, 2013 to Guy M. McBride, Ph.D.
TOPIC: LD Criteria
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: September 24, 2013 to Jan Breton
TOPIC: Parent Participation-IEP Meeting
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: September 24, 2013 to Marilyn Arons
TOPIC: Central Director
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: August 1, 2013 to Michael I. Inzelbuch
TOPIC: Evaluation
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: August 5, 2013 to Diana Bowman
TOPIC: Homeless Children with Disabilities
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: July 31, 2013 to Garth Tymeson
TOPIC: Applicability of Physical Education for Preschool Children with Disabilities
Read MoreOSEP Memo and Q&A on Dispute Resolution (July 23, 2013)
OSERS issued this Q&A document to provide parents, parent training and information centers, school personnel, state educational agencies (SEAs), local...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: July 19, 2013 to Maureen Greer
TOPIC: Questions and Answers Part C Provisions
Read MoreOSEP DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER on Education for Highly Mobile Children (July 19, 2013)
Topic Area: Extended School Year, ESY
Read MoreOSEP DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER on Braille (June 19, 2013)
POLICY LETTER: May 21, 2013 to Christopher Northrop
TOPIC: Individualized Education Programs
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: May 8, 2013 to Charlcie Flinn
TOPIC: Confidentiality of Records
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: April 18, 2013 to Marsha Johnson
TOPIC: Natural Environments
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: April 2, 2013 to Glenna Gallo
TOPIC: Discipline Procedures
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: March 27, 2013 to Amy Maisterra
TOPIC: Clerc Center at Galludet University
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: March 27, 2013 to William Casey
TOPIC: Due Process Complaint
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: March 27, 2013 to K. Dean Shatley
TOPIC: Surrogate Parents
Read MoreREGULATIONS: Final Regulations Related to Parental Consent for the Use of Public Benefits or Insurance (March 18, 2013)
The Department issued Final Regulations related to parental consent...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: March 7, 2013 to Troy Couillard
TOPIC: Use of Federal Funds
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: February 4, 2013 to Dr. George V. Corwell
TOPIC: Children in Private Schools
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: January 30, 2013 to Carol Hokenson
TOPIC: Use of Federal Funds
Read More2012
POLICY LETTER: December 7, 2012 to Carmela N. Edmunds
TOPIC: Procedural Safeguards
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: December 5, 2012 to Tomas Ramirez III
TOPIC: Manifestation Determination Hearing
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: November 30, 2012 to Judith A. Gran and Catherine Merino Reisman
TOPIC: Impartial Due Process Hearing
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: November 20, 2012 to Pat Geary and James P. DeLorenzo
TOPIC: Evaluation Timelines
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: November 14, 2012 to Dr. Rick Dale
TOPIC: Use of Federal Funds
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: November 7, 2012 to Michael L. Boswell, Esq.
TOPIC: Children in Private Schools
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: November 7, 2012 to Dorene J. Philpot
TOPIC: Impartial Due Process
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: October 18, 2012 to Steven L. Goldstein, Esq.
TOPIC: Maintenance of Current Educational Placement
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: September 6, 2012 to Arthur Ackerhalt
TOPIC: Related Services Start
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: August 20, 2012 to Survival Coalition of Wisconsin Disability Organizations
TOPIC: MOE
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: August 9, 2012 to Paula Walker
TOPIC: Impartial Due Process Hearings
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: August 8, 2012 to Alex P. Apostle
TOPIC: Children in Private Schools
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: July 13, 2012 to Patty Murray
TOPIC: Individualized Education Programs
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: June 26, 2012 to U.S. Congresswoman Lynn C. Woolsey
TOPIC: Federal and State Monitoring
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: June 22, 2012 to Disability Rights Wisconsin Managing Attorney Jeffrey Spitzer-Resnick
TOPIC: Least Restrictive Environment
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: June 22, 2012 to Virginia Department of Education Assistant Superintendent H. Douglas Cox
TOPIC: Discipline Procedures
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: June 21, 2012 to Edward Sarzynski
TOPIC: Discipline Procedures
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: June 13, 2012 to East End Special Education Parents, Inc., President Kathleen Chamberlain
TOPIC: Children in Private Schools
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: June 6, 2012 to West Virginia attorney James Gerl
TOPIC: Revocation of Consent
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: May 9, 2012 to Special Education Advocate Ellen M. Chambers
TOPIC: Special Education and Related Services
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: April 26, 2012 to Family Soup Executive Director Cindy E. Chandler
TOPIC: Prior Written Notice
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: April 23, 2012 to Maryland attorney Michael J. Eig
TOPIC: Resolution Process
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: April 11, 2012 to Cumberland County Schools Exceptional Children’s Programs Executive Director Ruben A. Reyes
TOPIC: Evaluations, Parental Consent, and Reevaluations
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: April 10, 2012 to Little Cypress-Mauriceville Special Programs Director Robert H. Finch.
TOPIC: Individualized Education Programs for Transfer Students
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: April 9, 2012 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC: Evaluations, Parental Consent, and Reevaluations
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: April 4, 2012 to Center for Law and Education co-director Kathleen Boundy
TOPIC: Maintenance of Effort
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: March 28, 2012 to Individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC: State Residency Requirements
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: March 7, 2012 to an individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC: Individualized Education Plan
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: February 29, 2012 to Philip Ferrara
TOPIC: Initial Evaluations
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: February 29, 2012 to Dear Colleagues
TOPIC: Free Appropriate Public Education
Read MoreOSEP DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER on Preschool (LRE) (February 29, 2012) RESCINDED
Rescinded Oct. 2017
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: February 16, 2012 to Brenda Cassellius
TOPIC: Impartial Due Process Hearings
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: February 9, 2012 to Amy Goetz and Atlee Reilly
TOPIC: Impartial Due Process Hearings
Read More2011
POLICY LETTER: December 19, 2011 to Denise Koscielniak
TOPIC: Individualized Education Programs
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: December 6, 2011 to Susan Luger Associates
TOPIC: Children in Private Schools
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: September 30, 2011 to Ronald Stern
TOPIC: Least Restrictive Environment
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: September 26, 2011 to H. Douglas Cox
TOPIC: Individualized Education Programs
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: September 6, 2011 to Ronald Caplan
TOPIC: Surrogate Parents
Read MoreCreating Equitable Opportunities for Children and Youth with Disabilities to Access Physical Education and Extracurricular Athletics (August 25, 2011)
A report released in 2010 by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), GAO-10-519, revealed that, despite legislation...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: June 16, 2011 to National Association of State Directors of Special Education Executive Director Bill East
TOPIC: Use of Federal Funds
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: May 26, 2011 to East End Special Education Parents President Kathleen Chamberlain
TOPIC: Children in Private Schools
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: May 4, 2011 to Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Robert Moser and Chief Fiscal Officer Pat Kuester
TOPIC: Nonsupplanting
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: April 25, 2011 to Center for Education Advocacy, Inc. Director Lilly Rangel-Diaz
TOPIC: Individualized Education Plan Team
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: March 7, 2011 to Statewide Parent Advocacy Network of New Jersey Executive Co-Director Diana Autin
TOPIC: Least Restrictive Environment
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: March 2, 2011 to District of Columbia Acting State Superintendent of Education Hosanna Mahaley
TOPIC: General Supervisory Authority
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: February 10, 2011 to non-attorney advocate Amber Mintz
TOPIC: Evaluations, Parental Consent and Reevaluations
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: February 9, 2011 to Infant and Toddler Coordinators Association President Brad Hutton and National Association of State Directors of Special Education Director Bill East
TOPIC: Early Childhood Transition
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: January 24, 2011 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC: Individualized Education Plan
Read MoreMEMO: OSEP Memo 11-07 Response to Intervention (RTI) (January 21, 2011)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES
January 21, 2011
OSEP 11-07
POLICY LETTER: January 19, 2011 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC: Independent Educational Evaluations
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: January 6, 2011 to Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Special Education Section Director Douglas Gill
TOPIC: Use of Federal Funds
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: January 6, 2011 to Lehigh University Professor of Education and Law Perry A. Zirkel
TOPIC: Evaluations, Parental Consent and Reevaluations
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: January 5, 2011 to Texas West Independent School District Assistant Superintendent Jan Hungate
TOPIC: Least Restrictive Environment
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: January 5, 2011 New York State Education Department Associate Commissioner Rebecca Cort
TOPIC: Children in Private Schools
Read More2010
POLICY LETTER: December 16, 2010 to individuals (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
MEMO: OSEP Memo 11-06 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Monitoring Announcement (December 6, 2010) RESCINDED
Rescinded Oct. 2017
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Notification of new OSEP monitoring activities of funds provided through the Individuals with Disabilities Education...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: November 10, 2010 to Texas Education Agency General Counsel David Anderson
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Impartial Due Process Hearings
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: October 28, 2010 to Maryland attorney Matthew Scott Weiner
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Finality of Due Process Hearing Decisions
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With...
POLICY LETTERS: October 26, 2010 to Colleagues from the Office for Civil Rights
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Harassment and Bullying
SECTION OF IDEA: Letters that Do Not Interpret the IDEA but May be of...
POLICY LETTER: October 20, 2010 to District of Columbia Acting State Superintendent of Education Beth H. Colleye
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Finality of Due Process Hearing Decisions
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With...
POLICY LETTER: October 13, 2010 to Florida Department of Health Early Steps Program Part C Coordinator Lynne Marie Price
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Access to Records
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 639—Procedural Safeguards
POLICY LETTER: October 4, 2010 to School Law Center, LLC attorneys Amy Goetz and Atlee Reilly
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Impartial Due Process Hearings
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: September 16, 2010 to Florida Infants and Young Children Executive Director Pat Grosz
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Performance Plans
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 616—Monitoring,...
POLICY LETTER: August 31, 2010 to Kansas State Department of Education Attorney Mark Ward
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Revocation of Consent
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: August 23, 2010 to Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf, Inc. President Edward H. Bosso, Jr.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Least Restrictive Environment
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State...
POLICY LETTER: August 13, 2010 to individuals (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Independent Educational Evaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 615—Procedural...
POLICY LETTER: August 5, 2010 to Little Cypress-Mauriceville Director of Special Programs Dr. Robert H. Finch
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: August 5, 2010 to Missouri Division of Special Education Assistant Commissioner Heidi Atkins-Lieberman
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Prior Written Notice
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 615—Procedural...
POLICY LETTER: July 13, 2010 to Texas Education Agency General Counsel David Anderson
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Mediation and Resolution Agreements
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: June 30, 2010 to Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Division of Special Education Assistant Commissioner Heidi Atkins-Lieberman
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Maintenance of State Financial Support
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: June 28, 2010 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Maintenance of Effort
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 613—Local...
POLICY LETTER: June 09, 2010 to Maryland attorney Eric Brousaides, Esq.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Educational Agency General Supervisory Authority
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with...
POLICY LETTER: June 3, 2010 to Missouri attorney Deborah S. Johnson
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations, Parental Consent, and Reevaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: June 2, 2010 to Head Start/Hilton Foundation Training Program SpecialQuest Birth-Five Director Linda Brekken
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations, Parental Consent, and Reevaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: June 1, 2010 to Michigan Department of Education Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services official John Andrejack
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Use of Federal Funds
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: May 14, 2010 to New York State Education Department Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities Deputy Commissioner Rebecca Cort
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Free Appropriate Public Education
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: May 5, 2010 to Maryland attorney Jerrold Miller, Esq.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Children in Private Schools
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: February 12, 2010 to American Association of School Administrators Deputy Executive Director Bruce Hunter
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Maintenance of State Financial Support
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: February 12, 2010 to Alabama attorney James Irby
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: February 12, 2010 to Florida Department of Health Early Steps Bureau Chief Janice M. Kane
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Family Service Plan
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 636 – Individualized...
POLICY LETTER: February 12, 2010 to Alabama attorney James Irby
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Impartial Due Process Hearing
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: February 2, 2010 to Miami-Dade County Public Schools Assistant Attorney Mary C. Lawson
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Impartial Due Process Hearing
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: January 27, 2010 to New Jersey Speech-Language-Hearing Association School Affairs Chair Sue A. Goldman
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Personnel Qualifications
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 612—State Eligibility
POLICY LETTER: January 26, 2010 to National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities representative Nancy R. Weiss
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Seclusion and Restraints
SECTION OF IDEA: “Other Letters that Do Not Interpret the IDEA but May be...
POLICY LETTER: January 13, 2010 to an individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluation Procedures
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations, Eligibility...
POLICY LETTER: January 7, 2010 to educational advocate Dorothy M. Richards
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: January 7, 2010 to Texas attorney Nona Matthews
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: January 4, 2010 to an individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Independent Educational Evaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 615—Procedural...
2009
POLICY LETTER: December 8, 2009 to Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Representative George Miller, and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Seclusion and Restraints |
SECTION OF IDEA: “Other Letters that Do Not Interpret the IDEA but May...
POLICY LETTER: December 8, 2009 to New York Attorney Lawrence Weinberg
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Children in Private Schools |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities...
MEMO: OSEP Memo 10-05 Maintenance of State Financial Support under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (December 2, 2009)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Maintenance of State Financial Support under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: December 2, 2009 to Chief State School Officers and State Directors of Special Education
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Maintenance of State Financial Support |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with...
POLICY LETTER: November 13, 2009 to California Early Start Part C Coordinator Rick Ingraham
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations, Parental Consent, and Reevaluations |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 639—Procedural...
POLICY LETTER: November 13, 2009 to Iowa Department of Education Chief Lana Michelson and Legal Consultant Thomas A. Mayes
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Maintenance of Effort |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: November 13, 2009 to Senator Lamar Alexander, Senator Richard M. Burr, Senator Tom Colburn, Senator Michael B. Enzi, Senator Judd Gregg, Senator Orrin G. Hatch, and Senator Jonny Isakson
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Administration |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 611—Authorizations;...
POLICY LETTER: October 30, 2009 to Montana Office of Public Instruction Director of Special Education Tim Harris
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Determinations on the Performance of each Local Educational Agency |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for...
POLICY LETTER: October 29, 2009 to Learning Disabilities Association of Connecticut Board of Directors Secretary Diane Willcuts
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Maintenance of Effort |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: October 27, 2009 to Nevada Aging and Disability Services Division Part C Coordinator Wendy Whipple
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Complaint Resolution
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 635—Requirements for Statewide System.
Letter
POLICY LETTER: October 27, 2009 to National Association of Private Special Education Centers Executive Director and CEO Sherry L. Kolbe
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Use of Funds |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: October 21, 2009 to Chief State School Officers and State Directors of Special Education
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Determinations on the Performance of each Local Educational Agency |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for...
POLICY LETTER: September 25, 2009 to Impartial Hearing Officer Sinai Halberstam
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Children in Private Schools |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: September 25, 2009 to Fiscal and Policy Advisor for Greater California Special Education Fiscal Support Alliance J. Sarge Kennedy
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Use of Federal Funds |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: September 23, 2009 to Texas Education Agency General Counsel David Anderson
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Participation in Assessments |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
GUIDANCE: September 9, 2009 | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Using ARRA Funds Provided Through Part B of IDEA to Drive School Reform and Improvement.
TOPICS ADDRESSED: Part B, ARRA
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: August 25, 2009 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Participation in Assessments |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: August 24, 2009 to New York Attorney Tara Moffett
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations, Parental Consent, and Reevaluations |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With...
POLICY LETTER: August 21, 2009 to Virginia Assistant Superintendent for Special Education and Student Services H. Douglas Cox
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Revocation of Consent |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: August 21, 2009 to Maryland Assistant State Superintendent for the Division of Special Education/Early Intervention Services Carol Ann Heath
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: August 21, 2009 to New Jersey attorney Rotimi Owoh
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Discipline Procedures |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 615—Procedural...
POLICY LETTER: July 31, 2009 to Chief State School Officers
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Seclusion and Restraints |
SECTION OF IDEA: This letter does not interpret IDEA but may be of...
POLICY LETTER: June 30, 2009 to Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), Supervisory Education Specialist Gloria J. Yepa
TOPIC ADDRESSED:Use of Amounts by Secretary of the Interior |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All...
Q&A on Disproportionality (June 25, 2009)
This Q&A document provides parents, parent training and information centers, school personnel, SEAs, LEAs, advocacy organizations and other interested parties...
Read MoreGUIDANCE: Discipline Procedures (June 2009)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: This Q&A document on discipline procedures provides parents, parent training and information centers, school personnel, state educational agencies...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: June 19, 2009 to New York Department of Health, Bureau of Early Intervention Director, Bradley Hutton
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Early Intervention Services |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 632—Definitions
GUIDANCE: Procedural Safeguards and Due Process Procedures for Parents and Children with Disabilities (June 1, 2009) RESCINDED
Rescinded Oct. 2017
This Q&A document provides parents, parent training and information centers, school personnel, SEAs, LEAs, advocacy organizations and...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: April 7, 2009 to Chula Vista Elementary School District Union Representative Johncarlos Torres
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations, Parental Consent, and Reevaluations |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with...
POLICY LETTER: March 30, 2009 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Least Restrictive Environment |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: March 26, 2009 to Missouri Attorney Teri B. Goldman
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Children in Private Schools |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities...
POLICY LETTER: February 13, 2009 to District of Columbia Attorney Leigh M. Manasevit
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Subgrants to Local Educational Agencies |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with...
POLICY LETTER: February 4, 2009 to Minnesota Department of Education Supervisor of the Division of Program Finance Carol Hokenson
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Subgrants to Local Educational Agencies |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with...
POLICY LETTER: January 28, 2009 to Maryland Attorney Michael J. Eig
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Children in Private Schools |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: January 28, 2009 to Rhode Island State Interagency Coordinating Council (SICC) Chairperson Dawn Wardyga
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Composition |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 641—State Interagency...
POLICY LETTER: January 15, 2009 to Ohio Department of Education Chief Counsel Matthew J. DeTemple
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State-Level Activities |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 611—Authorization;...
POLICY LETTER: January 15, 2009 to Massachusetts Commissioner of Education Mitchell D. Chester
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Impartial Due Process Hearings |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities;...
2008
POLICY LETTER: December 17, 2008 Dear Colleague Letter from former Deputy Secretary Ray Simon
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: December 15, 2008 to National Association of Private Special Education Centers Executive Director and CEO Sherry Kolbe
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Highly Qualified Teachers
SECTION OF IDEA: Part A—General Provisions; Section 602 – Definitions
POLICY LETTER: December 11, 2008 to Louisiana State Department of Education Acting Director of Division of Educational Improvement and Assistance Susan W. Batson
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State-Level Activities
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: December 11, 2008 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Due Process Complaints
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: December 11, 2008 to Lehigh University Professor Perry A. Zirkel
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Independent Educational Evaluations |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: November 17, 2008 to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania attorney Jeffrey F. Champagne
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Parental Consent |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section...
OSEP LETTER: Nov. 14, 2008 to American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. President Dr. Tuck Tinsley
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: National Instructional Materials Access Center
SECTION OF IDEA: Part D—National Activities to Improve Education of Children...
OSEP LETTER: Nov. 4, 2008 to Montana Office of Public Instruction Department of Special Education Services Assistant Superintendent Robert Runkel
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Disproportionality
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 618—Program Information
Letter
POLICY LETTER: October 31, 2008 to Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center Director John Copenhaver.
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Correction of Noncompliance
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section...
OSEP LETTER: Oct. 31, 2008 to Fiscal and Policy Advisor for Rural and Sparsely Populated Consortium of California James Kennedy
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Use of Funds
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities Section 613—Local...
OSEP LETTER: Oct. 30, 2008 to Maryland Assistant State Superintendent for the Division of Special Education/Early Intervention Services Carol Ann Baglin
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Due Process Hearings
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 615—Procedural...
POLICY LETTER: October 17, 2008 Dear Colleague Letter from former Assistant Secretary of the Department’s Office for Civil Rights Stephanie J. Monroe.
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Report Cards and Transcripts
Letter
Dear Colleague Letter: Report Cards and Transcripts for Students with Disabilities
POLICY LETTER: August 15, 2008 to Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Assistant Commissioner Heidi Atkins Lieberman
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 615—Procedural Safeguards )
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: August 15, 2008 to Kentucky School Boards Association Senior Attorney Teresa T. Combs
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Protections for Children not yet Eligible for Special Education and Related Services
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance...
POLICY LETTER: August 7, 2008 to Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Administrator Angela Jones
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Educational Agency General Supervisory Authority
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With...
MEMO: OSEP Memo 08-09 Coordinated Early Intervening Services (July 28, 2008)
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Early Intervening Services
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities Section 613—Local...
POLICY LETTER: July 23, 2008 to Kinney Management Services, LLC representative Joseph Kinney
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Obligations Related to and Methods of Ensuring Services
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All...
POLICY LETTER: July 9, 2008 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Educational Agency General Supervisory Authority |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children...
POLICY LETTER: July 9, 2008 to The ARC of Pennsylvania Executive Director Stephen H. Suroviec
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Educational Agency General Supervisory Authority
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With...
POLICY LETTER: July 9, 2008 to Vermont Parent Information Center Lead Family Consultant Martha Frank
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Least Restrictive Environment
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State...
POLICY LETTER: July 1, 2008 to individuals (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Educational Agency General Supervisory Authority
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With...
POLICY LETTER: July 1, 2008 to Decatur, Georgia Attorney Jonathan A. Zimring
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Educational Agency General Supervisory Authority
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With...
POLICY LETTER: July 1, 2008 to District of Columbia State Superintendent of Education’s Early Care and Education Administration’s Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Division Program Manager Tracie Bullock Dickson
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Early Intervention Services
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 632—Definitions
POLICY LETTER: June 5, 2008 to Austin Independent School District General Counsel Ylise Janssen
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Student Discipline
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 615—Procedural Safeguards
POLICY LETTER: June 3, 2008 to Michigan Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services Supervisor of Program Improvement Frances F. Loose
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Disproportionality |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 618—Program Information
POLICY LETTER: June 3, 2008 to Indiana Attorney Joseph Daniel Thomas
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: June 3, 2008 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations, Parental Consent, and Reevaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: May 28, 2008 to American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Director of Education and Regulatory Advocacy Catherine Clarke
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Personnel Qualifications
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State Eligibility
POLICY LETTER: May 7, 2008 to Kinney Management Services, LLC Representative Joseph Kinney
TOPIC ADDRESSED:Obligations Related to and Methods of Ensuring Services |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All...
POLICY LETTER: March 7, 2008 to Texas Education Agency General Counsel David Anderson.
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality of Education Records
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: May 6, 2008 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Special Education
SECTION OF IDEA: Part A—General Provisions; Section 602—Definitions
POLICY LETTER: May 6, 2008 to New York Attorney Edward J. Sarzynski.
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations, Parental Consent, and Reevaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: May 1, 2008 to West Virginia Attorney James Gerl.
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Student Discipline
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities; Section 615—Procedural Safeguards
POLICY LETTER: April 22, 2008 to Texas Education Agency General Counsel David Anderson
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Child Find
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State Eligibility
POLICY LETTER: April 17, 2008 to Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center Director John Copenhaver
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality of Information
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State...
POLICY LETTER: April 8, 2008 to Washington, DC Attorney Christine Plagata-Neubauer
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Use of Federal Funds
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: April 8, 2008 to Lehigh University Professor Perry A. Zirkel
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations, Parental Consent, and Reevaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: March 31, 2008 to individuals (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: March 31, 2008 to individuals (personally identifiable information redacted).
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: March 17, 2008 to Howard County Public School System Facilitator Ronald Caplan
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: March 17, 2008 to Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center Director John Copenhaver
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Impartial Due Process Hearing |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities...
POLICY LETTER: March 17, 2008 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Children In Private Schools
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
OSEP LETTER: March 17, 2008 to New Jersey Office of the State Board of Appeals Acting Director John Worthington
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Impartial Due Process Hearing
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities Section...
POLICY LETTER: March 17, 2008 to Utah At Risk and Special Education Services Director Nan Gray.
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: March 11, 2008 to Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center Director John Copenhaver
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Advisory Panel
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State...
POLICY LETTER: February 4, 2008 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Educational Agency General Supervisory Authority |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children...
POLICY LETTER: February 1, 2008 to Nevada Office of Special Education and Diversity Programs Director Frankie McCabe
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Disproportionality
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 618 - Program...
POLICY LETTER: February 1, 2008 to New Jersey Office of Special Education Programs Director Roberta Wohle
TOPIC ADDRESSED:Least Restrictive Environment
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State Eligibility
GUIDANCE: Homeless Children with Disabilities (February 2008)
This Q&A document provides state and local educational officials, early intervention services providers and homeless assistance coordinators with information to...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: January 30, 2008 to New Mexico State Director of Special Education Denise Koscielniak
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Access to Instructional Materials
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With...
POLICY LETTER: January 25, 2008 to U.S. Senator Joseph I. Lieberman
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Children In Private Schools
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: January 24, 2008 to Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center Director John Copenhaver.
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Methods of Ensuring Services
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: January 15, 2008 to Coalition of Learning Disabled CEO Allen Brumbaugh
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Child With a Disability
SECTION OF IDEA: Part A—General Provisions; Section 602—Definitions
2007
POLICY LETTER December 26, 2007 to Dear Colleague
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Educational Placements |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters That Do Not Interpret the IDEA But May Be...
POLICY LETTER: December 21, 2007 to California Attorney Nancy J. LoDolce
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Procedural Safeguards Notice
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities Section 615—Procedural...
POLICY LETTER: December 21, 2007 to Texas Education Agency General Counsel David Anderson, Esq.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Child Find
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State Eligibility
POLICY LETTER: December 20, 2007 to Indiana Department of Education Medicaid Liaison John Hill
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Methods of Ensuring Services
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: December 12, 2007 to Connecticut Attorney David Shaw
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Impartial Due Process Hearing
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities Section...
POLICY LETTER: November 30, 2007 to Chapman Management Group member Tom Trigg
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Least Restrictive Environment
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State...
POLICY LETTER: November 30, 2007 to Texas Education Agency Special Programs Director Kathy Clayton
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Procedural Safeguards Notice
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities Section 615—Procedural...
POLICY LETTER: November 28, 2007 to Connecticut Attorney Lawrence W. Berliner
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Complaint Resolution
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Section 635—Requirements for a Statewide System
POLICY LETTER: November 28, 2007 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Child With a Disability
SECTION OF IDEA: Part A—General Provisions; Section 602—Definitions
POLICY LETTER: November 14, 2007 to Virginia Assistant Superintendent for Special Education and Student Services H. Douglas Cox
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Procedural Safeguards Notice
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities Section 615—Procedural...
POLICY LETTER: November 7, 2007 to Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center Director Dr. John Copenhaver
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Personnel Qualifications
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State Eligibility
POLICY LETTER: October 25, 2007 to Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities Education Team Manager Robert Jacobs
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Educational Placements
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Impartial Due Process Hearing
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of...
POLICY LETTER: October 22, 2007 to U.S. Senator James M. Inhofe
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Prohibition on Mandatory Medication
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: October 19, 2007 to Bowling Green State University Special Needs Assistant Brigitte Green-Churchwell
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations, Parental Consent, and Reevaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities...
POLICY LETTER: October 19, 2007 to Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center Director Dr. John Copenhaver
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations, Parental Consent, and Reevaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities...
POLICY LETTER: September 24, 2007 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Content of Plan
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Section 636 - Individualized Family...
POLICY LETTER: September 24, 2007 to Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center Co-Director Dr. Carol Massanari
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations and Reevaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: September 11, 2007 to Puerto Rico Special Education Attorney Roberto Maldonado
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Impartial Due Process Hearing
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities Section...
POLICY LETTER: September 11, 2007 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Free Appropriate Public Education
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: September 5, 2007 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Protections for Children Not Yet Eligible for Special Education and Related Services
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance...
POLICY LETTER: September 5, 2007 to New York Attorney Edward J. Sarzynski
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations and Reevaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: September 4, 2007 to Linda Boswell, Conway, Arkansas Public Schools
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: September 4, 2007 to Florida Early Steps Bureau Chief Janice M. Kane
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Content of Plan
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Section 636 - Individualized Family...
POLICY LETTER: August 29, 2007 to Scarsdale, New York Public Schools Director of Special Education Dr. Michael Mendelson
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Children with Disabilities Enrolled by Their Parents In Private Schools
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education...
POLICY LETTER: August 24, 2007 to Disability Rights Advocate Pat Kelly
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: August 22, 2007 to Trident Literacy Association Representative Suzy Arents
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: August 22, 2007 to Arizona Director of Exceptional Student Services Colette Chapman
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Children with Disabilities Enrolled by Their Parents In Private Schools
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education...
POLICY LETTER: August 15, 2007 to Carlette Morris, New Zion, South Carolina Elementary School
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Methods of Ensuring Services
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: August 15, 2007 to Lehigh University Professor Perry A. Zirkel
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations and Reevaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: August 15, 2007 to Massachusetts Bureau of Special Education Appeals Director Richard E. Connelly
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Impartial Due Process Hearing
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities Section...
POLICY LETTER: August 15, 2007 to Kentucky School Boards Association Senior Attorney Teresa T. Combs
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Impartial Due Process Hearing
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities Section...
POLICY LETER: August 7, 2007 to U.S. Representative Bill Shuster
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality of Education Records
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: July 27, 2007 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations and Reevaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: July 23, 2007 Rehabilitation Services Administration Information Memorandum RSA-IM-07-08
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Transition
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters That Do Not Interpret the IDEA But May Be of Interest...
POLICY LETTER: July 19, 2007 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: June 14, 2007 to Individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Free Appropriate Public Education
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: June 14, 2007 to Louisiana Division of Educational Improvement and Assistance Director Dr. Susan A. Aysenne
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Reallocation of Funds
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 611—Authorization;...
POLICY LETTER: May 10, 2007 to U.S. Representative Doris O. Matsui
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations and Reevaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: May 7, 2007 to American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. President Dr. Tuck Tinsley
TOPIC ADDRESSED: National Instructional Materials Access Center
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities...
POLICY LETTER: May 3, 2007 OSEP Memorandum 07-10 RESCINDED
Rescinded Oct. 2017
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Methods of Ensuring Service
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children...
MEMO: OSEP MEMO: 07-10 Interpretation of 34 CFR §300.154(d)(2)(iv)(A) (May 3, 2007)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Methods of Ensuring Service |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
MEMO: OSEP Memo 07-09 Disproportionality of Racial and Ethnic Groups in Special Education (April 24, 2007)
TOPIC ADDRESSED:Disproportionality |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State Eligibility
POLICY LETTER: April 12, 2007 to Community Alliance for Special Education Service Coordinator Paul S. Foreman
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Maintenance of Current Educational Placement
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities...
POLICY LETTER: April 12, 2007 to North Carolina Exceptional Children Division Director Mary D. Watson
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Maintenance of Current Educational Placement
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities...
POLICY LETTER: March 23, 2007 to Association of Educational Service Agencies Executive Director Brian L. Talbot
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Children With Disabilities Enrolled by Their Parents In Private Schools |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for...
POLICY LETTER: March 23, 2007 to Association of Educational Services Agencies President Lee Warne
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Children With Disabilities Enrolled by Their Parents In Private Schools
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education...
POLICY LETTER: March 16, 2007 to Dear Parent
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Transition to Postsecondary Education |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters that Do Not Interpret the IDEA But...
POLICY LETTER: March 16, 2007 to Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic President and CEO John Kelly
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State Eligibility
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: March 16, 2007 to Dear Colleague
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Transition to Postsecondary Education
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters That Do Not Interpret the IDEA But May...
POLICY LETTER: March 9, 2007 to Massachusetts Department of Education State Director of Special Education Marsha Mittnacht
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Children With Disabilities Enrolled by Their Parents In Private Schools
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education...
POLICY LETTER: March 8, 2007 to University of Utah Professor Dixie Snow Huefner
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Discipline Procedures
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities Section 615—Procedural Safeguards
POLICY LETTER: March 8, 2007 to Indiana Department of Education Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman John D. Hill
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Methods of Ensuring Service
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: March 8, 2007 to American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Director of Education and Regulatory Advocacy Catherine Clarke
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Speech or Language Impairment
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities
POLICY LETTER: March 6, 2007 to Texas Governor Rick Perry
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Allocation Formula
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants And Toddlers With Disabilities Section 643 - Allocation of...
POLICY LETTER: March 6, 2007 to Lehigh University Professor Perry A. Zirkel
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations and Reevaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: March 6, 2007 to Wyoming Protection and Advocacy for Individual Rights Program Attorney Buck Gwyn
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations and Reevaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: March 1, 2007 to Harcourt Assessment Inc. Publisher Aurelio Prifitera
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations and Reevaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: February 9, 2007 to Washoe County, Nevada Assistant Superintendent Dr. Kris Christiansen
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Discipline Procedures
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities Section 615—Procedural Safeguards
POLICY LETTER: February 9, 2007 to Houston, Texas Independent School District Staff Member Carolyn Guess
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Methods of Ensuring Service
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: February 7, 2007 to Chief State School Officers
February 7, 2007 to Chief State School Officers.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Assessment and Accountability
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters...
POLICY LETTER: February 6, 2007 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations and Reevaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: February 2, 2007 to Pennsylvania Department of Education Staff Member Gerald L. Zahorchak
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Maintenance of Current Educational Placement
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities...
POLICY LETTER: January 23, 2007 to Volusia County, Florida Superintendent of Schools Margaret A. Smith
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Methods of Ensuring Service
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
2006
POLICY LETTER: December 22, 2006 to National Association of Public Health Systems Executive Director Mark Covall
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Free Appropriate Public Education |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: December 1, 2006 to U.S. Representative Christopher Smith
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Children with Disabilities Enrolled by their Parents in Private Schools |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for...
POLICY LETTER: November 20, 2006 to Washington, D.C. Attorney Leigh Manasevit
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Allotment |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 611—Authorization; Allotment;...
POLICY LETTER: November 3, 2006 to Iowa Bureau of Children, Family, and Community Services Chief Lana Michelson
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Educational Placements |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: October 19, 2006 to TASH Executive Director Barbara Trader
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities Section...
POLICY LETTER: October 19, 2006 to National Association of School Psychologists Executive Director Susan Gorin
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations and Reevaluations |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: October 13, 2006 to Texas Education Agency General Counsel David A. Anderson.
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality of Education Records
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: September 19, 2006 to U.S. Senator Judd Gregg
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Special Education and Related Services |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part A—General Provisions; Section 602—Definitions
POLICY LETTER: September 5, 2006 to Chief State School Officers
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Highly Qualified Teachers |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters That Do Not Interpret the IDEA But May...
POLICY LETTER: July 26, 2006 to Maryland State Department of Education Assistant Superintendent Carol Ann Baglin
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Maintenance of Effort |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: July 11, 2006 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Child With A Disability |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part A—General Provisions; Section 602—Definitions
POLICY LETTER: June 22, 2006 to Louisiana Department of Education State Superintendent Cecil J. Picard
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Use of Funds |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: June 6, 2006 to El Paso, Texas Attorney Luther Jones, Esq.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: May 16, 2006 to Massachusetts State Director of Special Education Marcia Mittnacht
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Children with Disabilities Placed in Private Schools by their Parents |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for...
POLICY LETTER: May 15, 2006 to Chief State School Officers
TOPIC ADDRESSED: No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters That Do Not Interpret...
POLICY LETTER: March 28, 2006 to Los Angeles County Office of Education Deputy General Counsel Monique C. Shay and Los Angeles Unified School District Assistant General Counsel Kelly Rozmus Barnes
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality of Education Records |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters That Do Not Interpret the IDEA But...
POLICY LETTER: February 2, 2006 to Pennsylvania Department of Education Assistant Counsel Karen S. Feuchtenberger
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality of Education Records |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters that Do Not Interpret the IDEA but...
2005
POLICY LETTER: December 14, 2005 to Chief State School Officers
TOPIC ADDRESSED: No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters That Do Not Interpret...
POLICY LETTER; November 4, 2005 to Florida State Department of Health Bureau chief for Early Interventions Janice Kane
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Early Intervention Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 615—Procedural Safeguards
POLICY LETTER: November 4, 2005 to Mississippi Department of Health First Steps Early Intervention Program Coordinator Danita Munday
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Early Intervention Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 615—Procedural Safeguards
POLICY LETTER: October 25, 2005 to Mississippi State Department of Education Bureau Director Melody Bounds
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State...
POLICY LETTER: October 25, 2005 to Louisiana State Department Education Assistant Superintendent Dr. Robin Jarvis
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: October 25, 2005 to Texas Education Agency IDEA Coordinator Kathy Clayton
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Smooth Transition to the Implementation of the 2004 Amendments to the IDEA |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other...
POLICY LETTER: October 21, 2005 to Chief State School Officers
TOPIC ADDRESSED: No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters That Do Not Interpret...
POLICY LETTER: October 12, 2005 to Iowa Department of Education Program Consultant-Medicaid Dann Stevens
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality of Education Records |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: October 7, 2005 to Virginia Attorney B. Alan McGraw, Esq.
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Protection of Education Records
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters That Do Not Interpret the IDEA But...
POLICY LETTER: September 26, 2005 to Hawaii Department of Education Special Education Director Dr. Paul Ban
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Charter Schools
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 613—Local Educaitonal...
POLICY LETTER: September 21, 2005 to Louisiana Superintendent of Education Cecil J. Picard
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Maintenance of State Financial Support |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With...
POLICY LETTER: September 21, 2005 to Texas Commissioner of Education Shirley Neeley
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluation |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State Eligibility
POLICY LETTER: September 13, 2005 to Carroll Independent School District (Grapevine, Texas) Superintendent Gary S. Mathews
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality of Education Records |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: August 9, 2005 to Virgin Islands Educational Consultant Eleanor Hirsh
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluation |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State Eligibility
POLICY LETTER: July 28, 2005 to Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina Commissioner Bill James
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Student Discipline |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 615—Procedural...
POLICY LETTER: July 25, 2005 to Dear Colleague RESCINDED
Rescinded Oct. 2017
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Administration |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With...
MEMO: OSEP Memo 05-09 Obligations of States and Local Educational Agencies to Parentally-placed Private School Children with Disabilities (June 27, 2005) RESCINDED
Rescinded Oct. 2017
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: June 27, 2005 OSEP Memorandum 05-09
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Children With Disabilities Placed in Private Schools by Their Parents |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for...
POLICY LETTER: June 22, 2005 to New Mexico Public Education Department Director of Special Education Denise Koscielniak
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Participation of Children With Disabilities in State and District-Wide Assessments |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for...
POLICY LETTER: June 20, 2005 to New York State Education Department Deputy Commissioner Dr. Rebecca Cort
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Allocation of Funds
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 611—Authorization;...
POLICY LETTER: June 7, 2005 to Washington Infant and Toddler Early Intervention Program Director Sandy L. Morris
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Natural Environments
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities; Section 636 - Individualized Family Service...
POLICY LETTER: June 3, 2005 to Arizona Attorney Mary Ellen Simonson
June 3, 2005 to Arizona Attorney Mary Ellen Simonson
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Charter Schools
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance...
POLICY LETTER: May 5, 2005 to Guam Associate Superintendent of Education Vincent T. Leon Guerrero
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Use of Funds
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 611—Authorization;...
POLICY LETTER: April 5, 2005 to Louisiana Department of Education Superintendent of Education Cecil J. Picard
April 5, 2005 to Louisiana Department of Education Superintendent of Education Cecil J. Picard
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Use of Funds
POLICY LETTER: March 18, 2005 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
March 18, 2005 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Manifestation Determination Review
SECTION OF IDEA: Part...
POLICY LETTER: March 17, 2005 OSEP Memorandum 05-08
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Free Appropriate Public Education
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: March 9, 2005 OSEP Memorandum 05-07
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Distribution of Funds |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: March 2, 2005 to Austin Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Pascal D. Forgione, Jr.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality of Education Records |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: February 28, 2005 to Massachusetts Advocate Kristen Serwecki
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: February 17, 2005 to Maine Department of Education Office of Special Services Director David Noble Stockford
February 17, 2005 to Maine Department of Education Office of Special Services Director David Noble Stockford
TOPIC ADDRESSED:Children in...
POLICY LETTERS: January 28, 2005 Memorandum to Chief State School Officers
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Extension of Liquidation Periods for Grantees under State Administered Programs |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters that...
2004
POLICY LETTER: December 20, 2004 to New Jersey Commissioner of Public Education William L. Librera
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Educational Agency General Supervisory Authority |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children...
POLICY LETTER: December 15, 2004 to Utah State Director of Special Education Karl A. Wilson
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: November 18, 2004 to Tennessee Department of Education Policy Analyst Matthew J. Pepper
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters that Do Not Interpret the IDEA But May Be of...
POLICY LETTER: November 10, 2004 to New Hampshire Disabilities Rights Center Executive Director Richard A. Cohen
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Use of Funds |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: November 3, 2004 to Advocate Louis H. Geigerman
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Free Appropriate Public Education |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: November 3, 2004 to Ohio Attorney Helen S. Carroll
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Educational Placements |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: October 28, 2004 to Interim Illinois State Superintendent of Education Randy J. Dunn
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Local Educational Agency Compliance |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: October 1, 2004 OSEP Memorandum 05-01
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Part B Grant Awards |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: September 13, 2004 to Ohio Department of Education Associate Director of Federal and State Grants Management Jeffrey M. Jordan
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Subgrants to Local Educational Agencies |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With...
POLICY LETTER: August 30, 2004 to U.S. Congressman Maurice Hinchey and other members of Congress
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Captioning |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part D—National Activities to Improve Education of Children With Disabilities; Subpart 2—Coordinated...
POLICY LETTER: August 25, 2004 to Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Commissioner of Education Rita Hocog Inos
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Use of Funds |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part A—General Provisions; Section 605—Acquisition of Equipment; Construction or Alteration...
POLICY LETTER: August 24, 2004 to Washington, D.C. Attorney Leigh M. Manasevit
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Schoolwide Programs |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 613—Local...
POLICY LETTER: August 17, 2004 to Washington Office of Public Instruction Director of Agency Financial Services Renée Lewis
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Use of Funds |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: August 13, 2004 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality of Education Records |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: August 12, 2004 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Appeals |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 615—Procedural Safeguards
POLICY LETTER: July 22, 2004 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Use of Funds |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: July 22, 2004 to California Assembly Legislative Director David Heckler
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Appeals |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 615—Procedural Safeguards
POLICY LETTER: July 19, 2004 to Washington, D.C. Attorney Leigh M. Manasevit
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations and Reevaluations |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: July 14, 2004 to Santa Monica, California Attorney Howard J. Fulfrost
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations and Reevaluations |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: July 13, 2004 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Procedural Safeguards |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State...
POLICY LETTER: July 12, 2004 to California Department of Developmental Services Part C Coordinator Rick Ingraham
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Child Find |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 635—Requirements for Statewide System
POLICY LETTER: June 1, 2004 to Minnesota Department of Education Deputy Commissioner Chas Anderson
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Eligibility |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State...
POLICY LETTER: May 27, 2004 to California Bureau of State Audits Deputy State Auditor Sylvia Hensley
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Maintenance of Effort |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: May 26, 2004 to New Jersey Department of Education Commissioner William J. Librera
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Educational Agency General Supervisory Authority |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children...
POLICY LETTER: May 26, 2004 to Education Law Center Staff Attorney Shari A. Mamas
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Educational Placements |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: April 28, 2004 to Massachusetts Department of Education State Director of Special Education Marcia Mittnacht
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Allocation of Grants |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: April 28, 2004 to Illinois Department of Human Services Bureau of Early Intervention Chief Janet D. Gully
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Early Intervention Services |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 632—Definitions
POLICY LETTER: March 26, 2004 to Mississippi Water Valley School District Program Developer Butch Stevens
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Construction of Facilities |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part A—General Provisions; Section 605—Acquisition of Equipment; Construction or Alteration...
POLICY LETTER: March 2, 2004 to Chief State School Officers
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Accountability |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters that Do Not Interpret the IDEA but May Be of...
POLICY LETTER: March 1, 2004 OSEP memorandum 04-07
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Distribution of Funds |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: February 25, 2004 Pennsylvania Department of Education Assistant Counsel Amy C. Foerster
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality of Education Records |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: February 25, 2004 to Alabama Department of Education State School Nurse Consultant Martha Holloway
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality of Education Records |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: February 20, 2004 to California Department of Education Assistant Superintendent Alice D. Parker
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Independent Educational Evaluations |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: February 18, 2004 to California Department of Education Special Education Consultant Dr. Allan M. Lloyd-Jones
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality of Education Records |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: February 12, 2004 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Child Find |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 635—Requirements for Statewide System
POLICY LETTER: February 11, 2004 to Texas Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention Executive Director Mary Elder
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Transition |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 636—Individualized Family Service Plan
POLICY LETTER: February 2, 2004 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted).
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Child with a Disability
SECTION OF IDEA: Part A—General Provisions; Section 602—Definitions
Letter
February 2, 2004
POLICY LETTER: January 28, 2004 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Free Appropriate Public Education |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: January 20, 2004 to Bureau of Indian Affairs Special Education Director Keith Neves
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Distribution of Funds Provided to the Secretary of the Interior |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for...
POLICY LETTER: January 14, 2004 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Captioning |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part D—National Activities to Improve Education of Children With Disabilities; Subpart 2—Coordinated...
2003
POLICY LETTER: December 24, 2003 to Attorney Leigh M. Manasevit
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Condition of Assistance |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: December 18, 2003 to Texas Education Agency Associate Commissioner Susan Barnes
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Charter Schools |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 613—Local...
POLICY LETTER: December 10, 2003 to individuals (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Procedural Safeguards |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State...
POLICY LETTER: December 10, 2003 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Due Process |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 615—Procedural...
POLICY LETTER: November 18, 2003 to Florida Department of Education Director of Special Education Shan Goff
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Use of Funds |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: November 10, 2003 to Harmony Community School Executive Director David Nordyke
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Charter Schools |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 613—Local...
POLICY LETTER: November 6, 2003 to Connecticut Part C Coordinator Linda Goodman
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 634—Eligibility
POLICY LETTER: November 4, 2003 to New Jersey Department of Education Director of Special Education Barbara Gantwerk
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Least Restrictive Environment |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: October 31, 2003 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted).
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality of Education Records
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: October 27, 2003 to California State Director of Special Education Alice Parker.
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Procedural Safeguards
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State...
POLICY LETTER: October 24, 2003 to Connecticut Part C Coordinator Linda Goodman
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Eligibility Criteria |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 635—Requirements for Statewide System
POLICY LETTER: October 24, 2003 to New Jersey Commissioner of Education William L. Librera
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Educational Agency General Supervisory Authority |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children...
POLICY LETTER: October 24, 2003 to New Jersey Statewide Parent Advocacy Network Executive Director Diana MTK Autin.
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Educational Agency General Supervisory Authority
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children...
POLICY LETTER: October 17, 2003 to U.S. Congressman Ruben Hinojosa
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Procedural Safeguards |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters that Do Not Interpret the IDEA But May Be...
POLICY LETTER: October 2, 2003 to Daniel W. Morse, Esq.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: September 9, 2003 to North Dakota State Director of Special Education Robert Rutten
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Procedural Safeguards |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612—State...
POLICY LETTER: September 5, 2003 to Hofstra University Professor Frank G. Bowe
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations and Reevaluations |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: September 3, 2003 to U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations and Reevaluations |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: August 28, 2003 to Chief State School Officers
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Free Appropriate Public Education |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters that Do Not Interpret the IDEA But...
POLICY LETTER: August 28, 2003 to Fort Thomas Kentucky Independent Schools Assistant Superintendent Rita Byrd
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: August 28, 2003 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: August 22, 2003 to National School Transportation Association Regulatory Liaison Robin L. Leeds and National Association for Pupil Transportation Executive Director Michael J. Martin
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Special Education and Related Services |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part A—General Provisions; Section 602—Definitions
POLICY LETTER: August 22, 2003 OSEP memorandum 03-10
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Special Education and Related Services |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part A—General Provisions; Section 602—Definitions
POLICY LETTER: August 19, 2003 to Children’s Advocacy Network of Florida Founder Beth Davis-Wellington
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Free Appropriate Public Education |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: August 19, 2003 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Procedural Safeguards |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 635—Requirements for Statewide System
POLICY LETTER: August 19, 2003 to Vermont Department of Education Legal Counsel Geoffrey A. Yudien
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Free Appropriate Public Education for Eligible Youth with Disabilities Incarcerated in Adult Prisons |
SECTION OF IDEA:...
POLICY LETTER: August 15, 2003 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Responsibilities of the Office of Special Education Programs |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part A—General Provisions; Section 603—Office...
POLICY LETTER: August 8, 2003 to New York State Education Department Deputy Commissioner Lawrence C. Gloeckler
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Charter Schools |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 613—Local...
POLICY LETTER: August 1, 2003 to Washington State Audit Manager Brad White
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Maintenance of Effort |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: August 1, 2003 to Vermont Department of Education Legal Counsel Geoffrey A. Yudien.
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Manifestation Determination Review
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: July 28, 2003 to Chief State School Officers
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Personnel Standards
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters that Do Not Interpret the IDEA But May Be of...
POLICY LETTER: July 25, 2003 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: July 23, 2003 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Least Restrictive Environment |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: July 14, 2003 to New Hampshire Disabilities Rights Center Executive Director Dr. Richard Cohen
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Participation of Children With Disabilities in State and District-Wide Assessments |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for...
POLICY LETTER: July 10, 2003 to New Hampshire State Director of Special Education Mary J. Ford
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Surrogate Parents |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 615—Procedural...
POLICY LETTER: July 2, 2003 to Chief State School Officers
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality of Education Records |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters that Do Not Interpret the IDEA But...
POLICY LETTER: July 1, 2003 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Least Restrictive Environment
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612...
POLICY LETTER: July 1, 2003 OSEP memorandum 08-3
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Distribution of Funds
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 611...
POLICY LETTER: June 30, 2003 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Child With a Disability
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: June 30, 2003 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Early Intervention Services
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C - Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 636 -...
POLICY LETTER: June 27, 2003 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Free Appropriate Public Education
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: June 26, 2003 to Maryland Department of Education Assistant State Superintendent Carol Ann Baglin
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations and Reevaluations |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: June 26, 2003 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Participation of Children With Disabilities in State and District-Wide Assessments
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education...
POLICY LETTER: June 26, 2003 to Maryland Disability Law Center Managing Attorney Leslie S. Margolis
June 26, 2003 to Maryland Disability Law Center Managing Attorney Leslie S. Margolis
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Least Restrictive Environment
...
POLICY LETTER: June 25, 2003 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Educational Agency General Supervisory Authority
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With...
POLICY LETTER: June 4, 2003 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations, Eligibility Determinations, Individualized Education Programs, and...
Read MorePOLICY LETTER: April 16, 2003 to National Council on Disability General Counsel Jeff Rosen
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Responsibilities of the Office of Special Education Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All...
POLICY LETTER: April 15, 2003 OSEP memorandum 03-7
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Allocation of Grants
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 611...
POLICY LETTER: April 15, 2003 OSEP memorandum 03-6
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Interagency Coordinating Council
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C - Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: April 10, 2003 to New York State Education Department Deputy Commissioner Lawrence Gloeckler
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations and Reevaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614...
POLICY LETTER: April 8, 2003 OSEP memorandum 03-5
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Responsibilities of the Office of Special Education Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All...
POLICY LETTER: April 4, 2003 to Hawaii Department of Education Special Education Director Debra Farmer
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Charter Schools
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: April 2, 2003 to Sonja D. Kerr, Esq
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614...
POLICY LETTER: March 25, 2003 to American Samoa Special Education Division Director Moeolo Vaatausili
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Use of Funds
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 611...
POLICY LETTER: March 25, 2003 to Connecticut Birth to Three System Director Linda Goodman
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Early Intervention Services
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C - Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 636 -...
POLICY LETTER: March 24, 2003 to Connecticut Commissioner of Education Theodore S. Sergi
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Education Agency General Supervisory Authority
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With...
POLICY LETTER: March 21, 2003 to Louisiana Department of Education Director Virginia Beridon
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Use of Funds
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 611...
POLICY LETTER: March 20, 2003 to Vermont Department of Education Legal Counsel Geoffrey A. Yudien
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations and Reevaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614...
POLICY LETTER: March 20, 2003 to Arkansas Volunteer Educational Advocate David Young
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Independent Educational Evaluations
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 615...
POLICY LETTER: March 17, 2003 to New Hampshire Department of Education Consultant Terry Brune
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Manifestation Determination Review
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 615...
POLICY LETTER: March 13, 2003 to South Carolina Part C Coordinator David K. Steele
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Early Intervention Services
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C - Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 636 -...
POLICY LETTER: March 11, 2003 to Vermont Department of Education Legal Counsel Geoffrey A. Yudien
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Surrogate Parents
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 615 -...
POLICY LETTER: March 6, 2003 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Procedural Safeguards
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612 -...
POLICY LETTER: February 26, 2003 to Vermont Director of Special Education Dennis Kane
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Procedural Safeguards
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 612 -...
POLICY LETTER: February 14, 2003 to Bergen County, New Jersey Freeholder Louis A. Tedesco
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality of Education Records |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: February 11, 2003 to New Jersey Director of Special Education Barbara Gantwerk
February 11, 2003 to New Jersey Director of Special Education Barbara Gantwerk
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Evaluations and Reevaluations
SECTION...
POLICY LETTER: February 4, 2003 to West Virginia Advocate Susan Given
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614...
2002
POLICY LETTER: December 17, 2002 to Washington Department of Social and Health Services Indian Policy Advisory Committee Chair Marilyn M. Scott
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Distribution of Funds Provided to The Secretary of the Interior |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for...
POLICY LETTER: November 21, 2002 to U.S. Congressman Dennis Moore
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: November 20, 2002 to New Mexico Department of Health Program Manager Andrew Gomm
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Administration of Part C Funds |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 643—Allocation...
POLICY LETTER: November 19, 2002 to Dr. Perry A. Zirkel
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Procedural Safeguards |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters Relevant to the Administration of IDEA Programs
POLICY LETTER: November 12, 2002 to Louisiana Department of Education Assistant Superintendent Rodney Watson
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Prohibition Against Supplanting |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 637—State Application and...
POLICY LETTER: November 8, 2002 to U.S. Congressman Ken Lucas
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Child with a Disability |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters Relevant to the Administration of IDEA Programs
POLICY LETTER: November 7, 2002 to Minnesota Department of Education Director of Accountability and Compliance Norena Hale
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Use of Funds |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: November 6, 2002 South Carolina Department of Education Director of Programs for Exceptional Children Susan D. DuRant
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Methods of Ensuring Services |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: October 29, 2002 to Dr. Perry A. Zirkel
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Applicability of Regulations |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters Relevant to the Administration of IDEA Programs
POLICY LETTER: October 22, 2002 to Chief State School Officers
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Free Appropriate Public Education |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters Relevant to the Administration of IDEA Programs
POLICY LETTER: October 17, 2002 to Florida Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services Chief Shan Goff
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Educational Agency General Supervisory Authority |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children...
POLICY LETTER: October 9, 2002 to Beth L. Sims, Esq.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Free Appropriate Public Education |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: October 9, 2002 to Minneapolis Public Schools Executive Director of Special Education Colleen Baumtrog
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Eligibility Determinations |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section 614—Evaluations,...
POLICY LETTER: October 9, 2002 to NEA Professional Associate for Special Needs Patti Ralabate
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Notice to Parents |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: October 9, 2002 to individual, (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Independent Educational Evaluations |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: September 30, 2002 memorandum to Governors and Chief State School Officers
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Authorization of Appropriations |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: September 25, 2002 to Rhode Island Department of Education Office of Special Needs Director Thomas P. DiPaolo
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Grants to States |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: September 12, 2002 to Louisiana Assistant Legislative Auditor David K. Greer
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Due Process Hearings |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: August 13, 2002 to Dr. Lucille Linde
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Accountability for Results |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters Relevant to the Administration of IDEA Programs
POLICY LETTER: August 13, 2002 to individual, (personally identifiable information redacted).
Summary
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Participation
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 634—Eligibility
Letter
August...
POLICY LETTER: August 8, 2002 to House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman John Boehner
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Captioning |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part D—National Activities to Improve Education of Children with Disabilities; Subpart 2—Coordinated Research,...
POLICY LETTER: July 30, 2002 to Pennsylvania Assistant Director of Special Education John Tommasini
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality of Education Records |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: July 30, 2002 to individual, (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Natural Environments
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 636—Individualized Family Service Plan
POLICY LETTER: July 29, 2002 to U.S. Representative C.L. “Butch” Otter
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality of Education Records |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: July 24, 2002 to Dear Colleague
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Accountability for Results |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters Relevant to the Administration of IDEA Programs
POLICY LETTER: July 18, 2002 to individual, (personally identifiable information redacted)
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Confidentiality of Education Records |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities;...
POLICY LETTER: July 16, 2002 to Michael J. Hernandez, Esquire
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Maintenance of Effort |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: July 12, 2002 to U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Child with a Disability |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters Relevant to the Administration of IDEA Programs
POLICY LETTER: June 27, 2002 to Illinois State Board of Education Director of Special Education Dr. Anthony E. Sims
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Individualized Education Programs |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: June 27, 2002 to Dina O. Harris, Esq., John F. Walsh, Esq. and Arizona Assistant Attorney General Kacey Gregson
TOPIC ADDRESSED: State Educational Agency General Supervisory Authority |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children...
POLICY LETTER: June 26, 2002 to Connecticut Department of Education Bureau Chief George P. Dowaliby
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Timelines for Appeals |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: June 25, 2002 to Minnesota Department of Children Families and Learning Director of Special Education Norena A. Hale, Mississippi State Department of Education Program Improvement and Outreach Bureau Director Dr. Melody Bounds, and Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Coordinator of Special Education Services Melodie Friedebach.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Timelines for Appeals |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...
POLICY LETTER: June 14, 2002 to Dear Colleague
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Free Appropriate Public Education |
SECTION OF IDEA: Other Letters Relevant to the Administration of IDEA Programs
POLICY LETTER: June 11, 2002 to Kentucky Acting Part C Coordinator Ms. Trish Howard
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Early Intervention Services |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part C—Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Section 636—Individualized Family Service...
POLICY LETTER: June 4, 2002 to Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning Director of Special Education Norena A. Hale, Mississippi State Department of Education Program Improvement and Outreach Bureau Director Dr. Melody Bounds, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Coordinator of Special Education Services Melodie Friedebach, and Nebraska Department of Education Special Populations Administrator Gary M. Sherman.
TOPIC ADDRESSED: Timelines for Appeals |
SECTION OF IDEA: Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities; Section...