State and Federal Initiatives

Approved Private Schools / Eric Edge, Education Program Specialist
  The Approved Private Schools program is responsible for approving and monitoring private schools wishing to contract with public schools to provide special education services in a day school setting. The specialist provides technical assistance to the approved private schools and can also serve as a liaison between the public and private schools when needed.
ED-P Programs / Eric Edge, Education Program Specialist
  The ED-P program develops criteria, provides technical assistance, and grants approval to public schools wishing to establish a program eligible to provide private placement services to students identified with an emotional disability.
PEA Determination / Cyndi Bolewski, Director
  PEA Determination is a new requirement of IDEA’04. The state must assign a determination label to each PEA based on the PEA’s ability to meet certain requirements of IDEA.